DEPARTMENT OF STATE Notice of Availability of the State Plan [33 Pa.B. 3089] On June 28, 2003, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will make available for public inspection the Commonwealth's preliminary State Plan. The State Plan outlines the methods the Commonwealth will use to comply with the requirements of the Federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and how it will use grants from the Federal government to achieve this goal. Interested individuals or groups may access a copy of the preliminary State Plan on the Department of State's (Department) website at www.dos.state.pa.us or by contacting Barbara Smotherman, (717) 787-3796. A 30-day comment period is provided, which will expire on July 28, 2003. Comments can be submitted to the Department by contacting Barbara Smotherman, (717) 787-3796, bsmotherma@state.pa.us.
In addition, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will conduct public hearings relating to the Commonwealth's preliminary State Plan. The hearings will be held in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Reading. Detailed notices of the hearings will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the Department's website as soon as the dates, times and exact locations of the hearings have been determined.
PEDRO A. CORTES,
Secretary of the Commonwealth[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-1275. Filed for public inspection June 27, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
