1Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
2"An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
3and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
4defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
5organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
6mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
7impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
8for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
9collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
10employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
11employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
12providing penalties for violations; and establishing
13procedures for implementation," providing for notice to
14members of an employee organization; further providing for
15proper subjects of bargaining; and providing for collective
16bargaining agreements.

17The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18hereby enacts as follows:

19Section 1. Sections 301(18) and 705 of the act of July 23,
201970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations
21Act, are amended to read:

22Section 301. As used in this act:

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24(18) "Maintenance of membership" means that all employes who

1have joined an employe organization or who join the employe
2organization in the future must remain members for the duration
3of a collective bargaining agreement so providing with the
4proviso that any such employe or employes may resign from such
5employe organization during a period of fifteen days prior to
6the expiration of any such agreement. The employe organization 
7shall notify the employes in its organization of an employe's 
8right to resign from the employe organization under this 
9paragraph. The notification must be made in writing no less than 
10thirty days prior to the expiration of the collective bargaining 
11agreement.

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13Section 705. Membership dues deductions and maintenance of
14membership are proper subjects of bargaining with the proviso
15that as to the latter, the payment of dues and assessments while
16members, may be the only requisite employment condition. A 
17waiver of the notification rights provided under section 301(18) 
18is not a proper subject of bargaining for public employes.

19Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

20Section 905. A collective bargaining agreement entered into
21with public employes after the effective date of this section
22may not contain a provision that provides for a waiver of the
23notification rights provided under section 301(18).

24Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.