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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2871, 3029, 3801, PRINTER'S NO. 3867
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No. 2104 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, MANDERINO, IRVIS, PIEVSKY, ITKIN,
DOMBROWSKI, D. R. WRIGHT, SEVENTY, PETRONE, GRUITZA, LLOYD,
CAWLEY, VEON, COWELL, STABACK, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, TRELLO,
PETRARCA, VAN HORNE, COLE, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GRUPPO, STEWART,
CAPPABIANCA, KASUNIC, TELEK, MRKONIC, WAMBACH, GEORGE,
LINTON, LUCYK, LESCOVITZ, McCALL, DUFFY, MICHLOVIC, WOZNIAK,
MORRIS, BATTISTO, COLAFELLA, PRESTON, STEIGHNER, GALLAGHER,
COY, DAWIDA, DEAL, OLASZ AND MAYERNIK, FEBRUARY 4, 1986
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 30, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 1, 1978 (P.L.584, No.109), entitled "An
2 act establishing an agency to create the linkage necessary
3 for the planning of an economic development system for
4 Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation," further providing
5 for powers and duties of council, and for the operation and
6 functions of area labor management committees.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 6 of the act of July 1, 1978 (P.L.584,
10 No.109), known as the Milrite Act, is amended to read:
11 Section 6. Powers and duties of council.
12 (1) Undertake research and investigation relating to the
13 promotion of the industrial potential of Pennsylvania.
14 (2) Create plans for economic revitalization of
15 Commonwealth industries.
1 (3) Recommend implementation procedures for all plans,
2 maximizing existing mechanisms with proven ability to
3 accomplish tasks, linkages among current programs, business,
4 labor and government insights into practicality and
5 workability of suggested approaches.
6 (4) Encourage and stimulate cooperation and coordination
7 among Federal, State and local programs.
8 (5) Recommend structural changes and updating of
9 economic delivery tools of State Government to the Governor
10 and General Assembly.
11 (6) Draw upon labor, management and government
12 participants to promulgate plans and implement procedures.
13 (7) Recommend organizational structure and participants
14 particularly suited to local needs and conditions.
15 (8) Undertake research, including the hiring of
16 consultants, into the cost of doing business in this
17 Commonwealth, including recommendations for changes and
18 estimates of future costs, with comparative analysis of both
19 intrastate and interstate costs.
20 (9) Undertake research, including the hiring of
21 consultants, to determine if the Commonwealth can more
22 effectively use its mediation services to discourage, and
23 shorten the duration of, labor-management disputes.
24 [(8)] (10) The council shall have the power to:
25 (i) Enter into contracts.
26 (ii) Appoint, fix compensation of, and prescribe
27 duties of an executive director, secretary and such other
28 personnel as the council deems necessary to accomplish
29 the purposes of this act. The council shall be able to <--
30 appoint or discharge employees without being required to
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1 make a request of any executive agency. It is the intent
2 of this provision that the council can function
3 effectively only as an agency independent of any other
4 branch of government.
5 (iii) Retain counsel.
6 (iv) Accept grants from public and private sources.
7 (v) Borrow money and issue obligations, secured or
8 unsecured, to acquire, hold, own and pledge or dispose of
9 funds, money, securities and other property, real or
10 personal, tangible or intangible to the extent necessary
11 to carry out the purposes of this act.
12 (vi) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations
13 necessary to accomplish the provisions of this act.
14 Agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide their full
15 cooperation to research conducted by the council, including, but
16 not limited to, the provision of information necessary for
17 conducting research under paragraphs (8) and (9).
18 Section 2. Section 6.1 of the act, added May 31, 1984
19 (P.L.378, No.77), is amended to read:
20 Section 6.1. Area labor management committees.
21 (a) The council shall establish standards and criteria for
22 the selection of area labor management committees to be assisted
23 by [[matching]] grants under subsection (c), solicit proposals <--
24 from area labor management committees, review and evaluate the
25 relative merits of such proposals and select those proposals for
26 funding which would best meet the standards and criteria
27 established by the council.
28 (b) The council may use a reasonable amount of any
29 appropriation for grants to area labor management committees to
30 hire staff and provide support for area labor management
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1 committees and for carrying out the purposes specified in
2 subsection (a). Funds shall be used for staff and other expenses
3 necessary to perform out-reach functions to those areas of the
4 Commonwealth not served by area labor management committees.
5 (c) The council shall designate the area labor management
6 committees which are entitled to receive [[matching]] grants <--
7 pursuant to subsection (a). Funds appropriated to the Department
8 of Commerce for grants to area labor management committees shall
9 be made to those committees, in amounts and under conditions
10 specified by the council, and under the following conditions:
11 (1) The grant shall be matched with as much non-State
12 funds as possible, within the overall goal of attempting to
13 establish and maintain as many area labor management
14 committees as possible.
15 (2) While the highest priority for these funds shall be
16 for the establishment of new area labor management
17 committees, the council shall make use of the money available
18 to it for the grants to ensure the continued existence and
19 expansion of existing area labor management committees,
20 including the provisions of technical assistance and
21 nonmatching grants.
22 (d) The council shall report annually to the chairman and
23 minority chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the
24 chairman and minority chairman of the House Committee on
25 Appropriations, the chairman and minority chairman of the Senate
26 Committee on Labor and Industry and the chairman and minority
27 chairman of the House Committee on Labor Relations, the
28 accomplishments and specific expenditures of each area labor
29 management committee funded under subsections (a) and (c)
30 including, but not limited to, salaries, rent, contracts and
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1 other operational costs.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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