{"data":{"id":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-2313","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"53 Pa.C.S. § 2313","heading":"Penalty.","body":"Any member of a governing body of a local government who votes to unlawfully evade the provisions of section 2308 (relating to bids for certain joint purchases) and who knows that the transaction upon which he so votes is or ought to be a part of a larger transaction and that it is being divided in order to evade the requirements as to advertising for bids commits a misdemeanor of the third degree for each contract entered into as a direct result of that vote.","path":["Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY","PART III GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION","SUBPART D AREA GOVERNMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION","CHAPTER 23 GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER A INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=53\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=23\u0026sctn=13\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-24 (Statute Update stamp, 53 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:34:08Z","sha256":"5fb683f933130d985b31e15f393099d1adaadc66a1515e8d3a1b3cea5f981263","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-2312","next":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-2314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}