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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Contributors.--A person or an affiliated entity that, within the past two years, has made a contribution to a municipal official or candidate for municipal office in the municipality which controls the municipal pension system may not enter into a professional services contract with the municipal pension system, except that the two-year restriction shall not apply to any contribution made prior to the effective date of this subsection.
(b) Relationships.--A person or an affiliated entity that enters into a professional services contract with a municipal pension system may not have a direct financial, commercial or business relationship with any official of the municipal pension system or the municipality which controls the municipal pension system unless the municipal pension system consents in writing to the relationship following full disclosure.
(c) Gifts.--A person with a professional services contract may not offer or confer a gift having more than a nominal value, including money, services, loans, travel, lodging, entertainment, discount or other thing of value, to any official, employee or fiduciary of a municipal pension system.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 895.704-A. Disqualification - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-895-704-a/
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