PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE PRINTER'S NO. 676
No. 598 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY SWEET, MICHLOVIC, J. L. WRIGHT, COWELL, TIGUE, GAMBLE, OLASZ, GREENWOOD, GODSHALL, DAWIDA, TRELLO, AFFLERBACH, MORRIS AND POTT, MARCH 20, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 20, 1985
A JOINT RESOLUTION 1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth 2 of Pennsylvania, providing for the use of final offer binding 3 arbitration procedures between certain public employees and 4 their public employers. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby resolves as follows: 7 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of 8 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: 9 That section 31 of Article III be amended to read: 10 § 31. Delegation of certain powers prohibited. 11 The General Assembly shall not delegate to any special 12 commission, private corporation or association, any power to 13 make, supervise or interfere with any municipal improvement, 14 money, property or effects, whether held in trust or otherwise, 15 or to levy taxes or perform any municipal function whatever. 16 Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation or any other 17 provision of the Constitution, the General Assembly may enact 18 laws which provide that the findings of panels or commissions,
1 selected and acting in accordance with law for the adjustment or 2 settlement of grievances or disputes or for collective 3 bargaining between policemen and firemen and their public 4 employers and for the settlement by final offer collective 5 bargaining, in the event of an impasse which would prevent a 6 school district from providing the minimum number of days of 7 instruction in a school year as required by law, between public 8 employees who are employees of a school district and their 9 public employers, shall be binding upon all parties and shall 10 constitute a mandate to the head of the political subdivision 11 which is the employer, or to the appropriate officer of the 12 Commonwealth if the Commonwealth is the employer, with respect 13 to matters which can be remedied by administrative action, and 14 to the lawmaking body of such political subdivision or of the 15 Commonwealth, with respect to matters which require legislative 16 action, to take the action necessary to carry out such findings. A14L83CHF/19850H0598B0676 - 2 -