PENNSYLVANIA, October 25 - except [a] an active member of the bar of the Supreme Court of

Pennsylvania.

(2) That section 6 of Article IV be amended to read:

§ 6. Disqualification for offices of Governor, Lieutenant

Governor and Attorney General.

(a) No member of Congress or person holding any office

(except of attorney-at-law or in the National Guard or in a

reserve component of the armed forces of the United States)

under the United States or this Commonwealth shall exercise the

office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General.

(b) If the Attorney General is disbarred from the practice

of law in this Commonwealth, effective immediately upon the

disbarment, the Office of Attorney General shall be deemed

vacant.

(c) If the Attorney General is suspended from the practice

of law in this Commonwealth, effective immediately upon the

suspension, THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL NOT BE VACANT

BUT the Attorney General shall be suspended from the Office of

Attorney General and the First Deputy Attorney General, if

willing, qualified and able to hold the office, shall serve as

the acting Attorney General until the law license of the

Attorney General is reinstated or the expiration of the term of

the Attorney General, whichever is sooner. If the First Deputy

Attorney General is not willing, qualified or able to fill the

vacancy SERVE AS THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL under this

subsection, the Executive Deputy Attorney General of the

Criminal Law Division, if willing, qualified and able, shall

fill the vacancy SERVE AS THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL as

described under this subsection.

Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General

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