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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1233

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1108 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY CIVERA, DeLUCA, MICOZZIE, GIGLIOTTI, PISTELLA,
           WALKO, TRELLO, FAJT, PRESTON, MICHLOVIC, PETRONE, MARKOSEK,
           SAINATO, PETRARCA, TANGRETTI, ITKIN, STRITTMATTER AND FLICK,
           MARCH 9, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 9, 1995

                               A JOINT RESOLUTION

     1  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
     2     of Pennsylvania, authorizing the General Assembly to increase
     3     certain retirement benefits or pensions.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby resolves as follows:
     6     Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
     7  Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
     8     That section 26 of Article III be amended to read:
     9  § 26.  Extra compensation prohibited; claims against the
    10         Commonwealth; retirement benefits or pensions.
    11     No bill shall be passed giving any extra compensation to any
    12  public officer, servant, employee, agent or contractor, after
    13  services shall have been rendered or contract made, nor
    14  providing for the payment of any claim against the Commonwealth
    15  without previous authority of law: Provided, however, That
    16  nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the
    17  General Assembly from authorizing the increase of retirement

     1  [allowances] benefits or pensions payable to members or to
     2  beneficiaries who are spouses of members of a retirement or
     3  pension system now in effect or hereafter legally constituted by
     4  the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, agencies or
     5  instrumentalities, after the termination of the services of
     6  [said] the member, provided the increases are certified to be
     7  actuarially sound.
















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