Amendment 3592 to Senate Bill 501 P.N. 497, Regular Session 2015-2016

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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 501

Sponsor: SENATOR EICHELBERGER

Printer's No. 497

Amend Bill, page 1, line 1, by striking out the comma after

"workers" and inserting

and

Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by striking out "membership dues

and"

Amend Bill, page 1, lines 3 through 5, by striking out "; and

repealing certain provisions of The" in line 3, all of line 4

and "Share Fee Law" in line 5

Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by inserting after "Act"

or Mary's Law

Amend Bill, page 2, lines 4 through 27, by striking out all

of said lines

Amend Bill, page 3, lines 14 through 19, by striking out ".

The term does not include an elected official," in line 14 and

all of lines 15 through 19 and inserting

, including a public school employee under the act of March

10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of

1949.

Amend Bill, page 3, line 20, by inserting after

"Commonwealth, "

a political subdivision,

Amend Bill, page 3, line 25, by striking out "3" and

inserting

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Amend Bill, page 3, lines 27 through 30; page 4, line 1; by

striking out "including, without" in line 27, all of lines 28

through 30 on page 3 and "dues, " in line 1 on page 4 and

inserting

money or funds to be used for political contributions

Amend Bill, page 4, lines 4 and 5, by striking out all of

said lines and inserting

this section. No individual or organization shall seek to

have a political contribution deducted from the wages of a

public employee. A collective bargaining

Amend Bill, page 4, line 9, by inserting a period after

"contributions"

Amend Bill, page 4, lines 9 through 30; page 5, line 1; by

striking out ", fair share fees or membership dues deductions"

in line 9, all of lines 10 through 30 on page 4 and all of line

1 on page 5 and inserting

(b) Applicability.--Nothing in this section shall be

construed to preclude a public employer from:

(1) deducting a designated amount for a charitable

contribution expressly authorized by an employee; or

(2) if required to do so by a collective bargaining

agreement entered into with a representative of its

employees, deducting from the wages of an employee

organization member an amount equal to, but not greater than,

a "fair share fee" as defined in section 2215(a) of the act

of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The

Administrative Code of 1929, and section 2 of the act of act

of June 2, 1993 (P.L.45, No.15), known as the Public Employee

Fair Share Fee Law.

Amend Bill, page 5, line 4, by striking out "3" and inserting

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