PRINTER'S NO. 2269
No. 1774 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY FLEAGLE, HESS, BELFANTI, BUNT, CAPPELLI,
CREIGHTON, McCALL, McILHATTAN, SOLOBAY, E. Z. TAYLOR,
WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 19, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 19, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the first, third,
3 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending,
4 revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
5 thereto; relating to imposition of excise taxes by counties,
6 including authorizing imposition of an excise tax on the
7 rental of motor vehicles by counties of the first class; and
8 providing for regional renaissance initiatives," further
9 providing for expenses of elected county officers attending
10 the annual meetings of their associations and other meeting
11 expenses paid by the counties.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 443 of the act of August 9, 1955
15 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, amended November
16 23, 1994 (P.L.640, No.98), is amended to read:
17 Section 443. Expenses of Attending Members to be Paid by
18 County; Time Limit on Meetings.--(a) The actual expenses of all
19 authorized elected county officers attending the annual meetings
20 of their associations shall be paid by the several counties out
21 of the general county fund. Each of these officers, except the
22 county commissioners, shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
1 not to exceed [one hundred ten dollars ($110)] one hundred
2 seventy-five dollars ($175) per day for the number of days
3 specified in subsection (b) of this section, together with
4 mileage going to and returning from such meeting and the
5 registration fee. The sum of one hundred seventy-five dollars
6 ($175) per day as set forth in this subsection shall be adjusted
7 annually by the annual increase in the cost of living as
8 determined annually by the United States Department of Labor.
9 (a.1) The actual expenses of all authorized nonelected
10 county officers and employes attending the annual meetings of
11 their associations may be paid by the several counties out of
12 the county general fund. Each of these officers may be
13 reimbursed for actual expenses in an amount not to exceed [one
14 hundred ten dollars ($110)] one hundred seventy-five dollars
15 ($175) per day for the number of days specified in subsection
16 (b) of this section, together with mileage going to and
17 returning from such meetings and the registration fee. The sum
18 of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) per day shall be
19 adjusted annually as set forth in subsection (a) of this
20 section.
21 (a.2) Every delegate attending the annual meeting shall
22 submit to the county an itemized account of expenses incurred at
23 the meeting. The county may authorize employes to be compensated
24 at their regular employe rate during their attendance at the
25 annual meeting. The actual expenses for elected officers shall,
26 and for nonelected officers may, be paid for the number of days
27 specified in subsection (b). In addition, elected county
28 officers shall receive, and nonelected county officers and
29 employes may receive, actual expenses not to exceed [one hundred
30 ten dollars ($110)] one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) per
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1 day for each day not in excess of two in going to and returning
2 from such meeting. The sum of one hundred seventy-five dollars
3 ($175) per day shall be adjusted annually as set forth in
4 subsection (a) of this section.
5 (b) The annual meeting of the association of county
6 commissioners, county solicitors and chief clerks shall not
7 exceed four days, that of the district attorneys shall not
8 exceed three days, and those of all other State associations
9 shall not exceed three days in every case, exclusive of the time
10 spent in traveling to and from the said meetings.
11 Section 2. Section 444(b) of the act, amended December 12,
12 1980 (P.L.1174, No.216), is amended to read:
13 Section 444. Other Meeting Expenses Paid by Counties.--* * *
14 (b) In the case of county commissioners, county solicitor
15 and county clerk, county controllers, county auditors, sheriffs,
16 register of wills, clerks of orphans' courts, county treasurers,
17 recorders of deeds, prothonotaries, clerks of courts, public
18 defenders, district attorneys, jury commissioners and coroners,
19 the portion of the annual expenses charged to each county of the
20 third and fourth class shall not exceed [four hundred dollars
21 ($400)] six hundred dollars ($600), to each county of the fifth
22 and sixth class, [three hundred dollars ($300)] five hundred
23 dollars ($500), to each county of the seventh and eighth class,
24 [two hundred dollars ($200)] four hundred dollars ($400), and in
25 the case of the directors of veterans' affairs the portion
26 charged to each county shall not exceed [fifty dollars ($50)]
27 one hundred dollars ($100), and in the case of the probation
28 officers an annual membership subscription not exceeding [six
29 dollars ($6)] ten dollars ($10) per member shall be paid by the
30 county, and shall be in lieu of the expenses hereinbefore in
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1 this section provided for other county officers.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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