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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1190, 1235, 1471 PRINTER'S NO. 1493
No. 1074 Session of 1995
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of
considering Senate Bill No. 1074, entitled:
"An act amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
entitled 'An act establishing salaries and compensation of
certain public officials including justices and judges of
Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of
the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia
Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor General,
the Attorney General and certain other State officers and the
salary and certain expenses of the members of the General
Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent acts,' further
providing for compensation of the members of the Environmental
Hearing Board,"
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
F. JOSEPH LOEPER
ROBERT C. JUBELIRER
ROBERT J. MELLOW
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
MATTHEW J. RYAN
JOHN E. BARLEY
H. WILLIAM DeWEESE
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
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AN ACT
1 Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
2 entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of
3 certain public officials including justices and judges of
4 Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of
5 the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia
6 Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the
7 Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor
8 General, the Attorney General and certain other State
9 officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members
10 of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent
11 acts," further providing for compensation of justices and
12 judges of Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas,
13 judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the
14 Philadelphia Traffic Court, district justices and the
15 Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the
16 Auditor General, the Attorney General and certain other State
17 officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members
18 of the General Assembly; and making a repeal.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
22 known as the Public Official Compensation Law, is amended by
23 adding a section to read:
24 Section 2.1. Judicial salaries.
25 (a) Supreme Court.--The annual salary of the Chief Justice
26 of the Supreme Court shall be $123,000, and the annual salary of
27 each of the other justices of the Supreme Court shall be
28 $119,750.
29 (b) Superior Court.--The annual salary of the President
30 Judge of the Superior Court shall be $117,750, and the annual
31 salary of the other judges of the Superior Court shall be
32 $116,000.
33 (c) Commonwealth Court.--The annual salary of the President
34 Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $117,750. The annual
35 salary of each of the other judges of the Commonwealth Court
36 shall be $116,000.
37 (d) Courts of common pleas.--
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1 (1) The annual salary of a president judge of a court of
2 common pleas shall be fixed in accordance with the following
3 schedule:
4 (i) Allegheny County, $106,000.
5 (ii) Philadelphia County, $106,500.
6 (iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges,
7 $105,000.
8 (iv) Judicial districts having three to five judges,
9 $104,500.
10 (v) Judicial districts having one or two judges,
11 $104,000.
12 (vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
13 Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with
14 divisions of six or more judges, $105,000.
15 (vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
16 Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with
17 divisions of five or less judges, $104,500.
18 (viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
19 Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions
20 of six or more judges, $105,000.
21 (ix) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
22 Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions
23 of five or less judges, $104,500.
24 (2) The other judges of the courts of common pleas shall
25 be paid an annual salary of $104,000.
26 (e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.--The President Judge of
27 the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall receive an annual salary
28 of $103,000. The annual salary for the other judges of the
29 Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $101,250.
30 (f) Philadelphia Traffic Court.--The President Judge of the
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1 Philadelphia Traffic Court shall receive an annual salary of
2 $55,000. The annual salary for the other judges of the
3 Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $54,500.
4 (g) District justices.--A district justice shall receive an
5 annual salary payable by the Commonwealth of $51,500.
6 (h) Senior judges.--The compensation of the senior judges
7 pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges)
8 shall be $315 per day. In any calendar year the amount of
9 compensation which a senior judge shall be permitted to earn as
10 a senior judge shall not, when added to retirement income paid
11 by the Commonwealth for such senior judge, exceed the
12 compensation payable by the Commonwealth to a judge then in
13 regular active service on the court from which said senior judge
14 retired. A senior judge who so elects may serve without being
15 paid all or any portion of the compensation provided by this
16 section.
17 (i) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--Beginning January 1,
18 1997, and each January 1 thereafter, the annual salaries under
19 subsections (a) through (h) shall be increased by the percentage
20 change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-
21 U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area
22 for the most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
23 officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
24 Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
25 adjustment is due to take effect. The percentage increase and
26 salary amounts shall be determined prior to the annual effective
27 date of the adjustment by the Supreme Court and shall be
28 published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by the Court
29 Administrator of Pennsylvania within 20 days of the date the
30 determination is made.
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1 Section 2. Section 3 of the act, amended June 23, 1993
2 (P.L.132, No.30), is amended to read:
3 Section 3. Compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
4 State Treasurer; Auditor General; Attorney
5 General; Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public
6 Utility Commission; and heads of departments.
7 (a) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and Cabinet.--The
8 annual salaries of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the
9 heads of the departments shall be as follows: Governor,
10 [$105,000] $125,000; Lieutenant Governor, [$83,000] $105,000;
11 Adjutant General, [$72,000] $90,000; Secretary of Aging,
12 [$76,000] $95,000; Secretary of Agriculture, [$72,000] $90,000;
13 Secretary of Banking, [$72,000] $90,000; Secretary of Commerce,
14 [$76,000] $95,000; Secretary of the Commonwealth, [$72,000]
15 $90,000; Secretary of Community Affairs, [$72,000] $90,000;
16 Secretary of Education, [$80,000] $100,000; Secretary of
17 Environmental [Resources, $80,000] Protection, $100,000;
18 Secretary of General Services, [$76,000] $95,000; Secretary of
19 Health, [$80,000] $100,000; Insurance Commissioner, [$72,000]
20 $90,000; Secretary of Labor and Industry, [$80,000] $100,000;
21 Secretary of Public Welfare, [$80,000] $100,000; Secretary of
22 Revenue, [$76,000] $95,000; State Police Commissioner, [$76,000]
23 $95,000; Secretary of Transportation, [$80,000.] $100,000;
24 Secretary of Corrections, $100,000; Secretary of Conservation
25 and Natural Resources $95,000.
26 (b) Compensation of State Treasurer, Auditor General and
27 Attorney General.--The annual salaries of the State Treasurer,
28 Auditor General and Attorney General shall be as follows: State
29 Treasurer, [$84,000] $104,000; Auditor General, [$84,000]
30 $104,000; Attorney General, [$84,000] $104,000.
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1 (b.1) Compensation of members of boards and commission.--The
2 annual salaries of the members of boards and commission shall be
3 as follows: Member of the Liquor Control Board, $48,800;
4 Chairman of the Liquor Control Board, $50,800; Member of the
5 Civil Service Commission, $40,625; Chairman of the Civil Service
6 Commission, $40,625; Member of the State Tax Equalization Board,
7 $16,250; Chairman of the State Tax Equalization Board, $17,500;
8 Member of Milk Marketing Board, $15,625; Chairman of Milk
9 Marketing Board, $16,250; Member of the Securities Commission,
10 $15,000; Chairman of the Securities Commission, $16,250; Member
11 of the Athletic Commission, $12,500; Chairman of the Athletic
12 Commission, $13,125; Member of the Board of Pardons, $11,500;
13 Chairman of the Board of Claims, $84,800; Member of the Board of
14 Claims, $80,800.
15 (c) Additional compensation prohibited.--Neither the
16 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Auditor General
17 or Attorney General nor the head of any administrative
18 department nor member of any board or commission referenced
19 herein, shall receive any additional compensation for any
20 services rendered to the Commonwealth in any capacity.
21 (d) Compensation of commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public
22 Utility Commission.--Each of the commissioners of the
23 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall receive an annual
24 salary commensurate with the annual salary received by the
25 Secretary of Commerce, except the chairman, who shall receive an
26 additional $2,500 per year. [Notwithstanding the provisions of
27 section 3(g) of the act of July 13, 1988 (P.L.530, No.94), known
28 as the Environmental Hearing Board Act, to the contrary, no
29 member of the Environmental Hearing Board shall be entitled to
30 any increase in or additional compensation as a result of the
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1 provisions of this subsection.]
2 (e) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--Beginning January 1,
3 1997 and each January 1 thereafter, the stated annual salaries
4 of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer,
5 the Auditor General, the Attorney General and the heads of the
6 departments and members of boards and commissions denoted herein
7 shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living increase
8 calculated by applying the percentage change in the Consumer
9 Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
10 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
11 most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
12 officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
13 Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
14 adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary
15 amounts authorized. The percentage increase and the salary
16 amounts shall be determined by the Governor prior to the annual
17 effective date of the adjustment and shall be published by the
18 Secretary of the Budget in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten
19 days of the date the determination is made.
20 Section 3. Section 4 of the act is amended by adding
21 subsections to read:
22 Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
23 * * *
24 (c) First annual cost-of-living adjustment for members.--For
25 the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1996, through November
26 30, 1997, the salary of the members of the General Assembly
27 shall be increased by a cost-of-living factor which shall be
28 determined by increasing the amounts contained in subsection (a)
29 by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All
30 Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
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1 Delaware and Maryland area, officially reported by the United
2 States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for the
3 period from July 1, 1990, through October 31, 1996. The
4 percentage increase and the new salary amounts shall be
5 determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the
6 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and published by
7 them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days immediately
8 prior to the cost-of-living increase taking effect.
9 (c.1) First annual cost-of-living adjustment for officers
10 and leaders.--For the 12-month period beginning December 1,
11 1996, through November 30, 1997, the additional compensation of
12 the officers and leaders of the General Assembly shall be
13 increased by a cost-of-living factor which shall be determined
14 by increasing the amounts contained in subsection (b) by the
15 percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
16 Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
17 Maryland area, officially reported by the United States
18 Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period
19 from July 1, 1990, through October 31, 1996. The percentage
20 increase and the new compensation amounts shall be determined
21 jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of
22 the House of Representatives and published by them in the
23 Pennsylvania Bulletin on or before November 30 immediately prior
24 to the cost-of-living increase taking effect.
25 (d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
26 members.--For the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997,
27 through November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period
28 thereafter, the salary of the members of the General Assembly
29 shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment
30 calculated by applying the percentage change in the Consumer
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1 Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
2 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
3 most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
4 officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
5 Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
6 adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary
7 amounts. The percentage increase and the new salary amounts
8 shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and
9 the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior to the
10 annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be published
11 by them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten days of the date
12 such determination is made.
13 (d.1) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
14 officers and leaders.--For the 12-month period beginning
15 December 1, 1997, through November 30, 1998, and for each like
16 12-month period thereafter, the additional compensation of the
17 officers and leaders of the General Assembly shall be increased
18 by an annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying
19 the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
20 Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
21 Maryland area, for the most recent 12-month period for which
22 figures have been officially reported by the United States
23 Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately
24 prior to the date the adjustment is due to take effect, to the
25 then current compensation. The percentage increase and the new
26 compensation amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief
27 Clerk of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of
28 Representatives prior to the annual effective date of the
29 adjustment and shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin
30 within 20 days immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase
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1 taking effect.
2 Section 4. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
3 Section 5.2. Additional expenses for members of the General
4 Assembly.
5 (a) Members expense allowance.--For the period commencing
6 November 1, 1995, and ending November 30, 1996, members of the
7 General Assembly shall receive, in addition to any allowance for
8 clerical assistance and other expenses, an unvouchered expense
9 allowance of $733 per month which shall be paid monthly.
10 (b) Senate officers and leaders expense allowance.--For the
11 period commencing November 1, 1995, and ending November 30,
12 1996, the following officers and leaders of the Senate shall
13 receive, in addition to any allowance for clerical assistance
14 and other expenses, an unvouchered expense allowance in the
15 following amounts which shall be paid monthly: President pro
16 tempore, $411; Majority Leader, $329; Minority Leader, $329;
17 Majority Whip, $250; Minority Whip, $250; Majority Caucus
18 Chairman, $156; Minority Caucus Chairman, $156; Appropriations
19 Chairman, $250; Minority Appropriations Chairman, $250; Majority
20 Caucus Secretary, $103; Minority Caucus Secretary, $103;
21 Majority Policy Chairman, $103; Minority Policy Chairman, $103;
22 Majority Caucus Administrator, $103; Minority Caucus
23 Administrator, $103.
24 (c) House officers and leaders expense allowance.--For the
25 period commencing November 1, 1995, and ending November 30,
26 1996, the following officers and leaders of the House of
27 Representatives shall receive, in addition to any allowance for
28 clerical assistance and other expenses, an unvouchered expense
29 allowance in the following amounts which shall be paid monthly:
30 Speaker of the House of Representatives, $411; Majority Leader,
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1 $329; Minority Leader, $329; Majority Whip, $250; Minority Whip,
2 $250; Majority Caucus Chairman, $156; Minority Caucus Chairman,
3 $156; Appropriations Chairman, $250; Minority Appropriations
4 Chairman, $250; Majority Caucus Secretary, $103; Minority Caucus
5 Secretary, $103; Majority Policy Chairman, $103; Minority Policy
6 Chairman, $103; Majority Caucus Administrator, $103; Minority
7 Caucus Administrator, $103.
8 (d) Senators expense allowance 1996-1997.--Senators elected
9 at the General Election of 1994, shall receive for the 12-month
10 period, beginning December 1, 1996, and ending November 30,
11 1997, in addition to any allowance for clerical assistance and
12 other expenses, an annual unvouchered expense allowance of
13 $8,800 increased by the dollar amount that the increase
14 calculated pursuant to section 4(c) exceeds $8,800, which shall
15 be paid on a pro rata basis monthly.
16 (d.1) Senators expense allowance 1997-1998.--Senators
17 elected at the General Election of 1994, shall receive for the
18 12-month period, beginning December 1, 1997, and ending November
19 30, 1998, in addition to any allowance for clerical assistance
20 and other expenses, an annual unvouchered expense allowance in
21 the amount determined in section 5.2(d) increased by the dollar
22 amount of the increase calculated pursuant to section 4(d) for
23 the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, and ending
24 November 30, 1998, which shall be paid pro rata on a monthly
25 basis.
26 (e) Senate officers and leaders expense allowance 1996-
27 1997.--Senators elected in the General Election of 1994 who are
28 also officers or leaders of the Senate shall receive in addition
29 to any allowance for clerical assistance and other expenses in
30 conjunction with their positions as officers and leaders for the
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1 12-month period beginning December 1, 1996, and ending November
2 30, 1997, an annual unvouchered expense allowance in the
3 following adjusted amounts: President pro tempore, $4,931;
4 Majority Leader, $3,945; Minority Leader, $3,945; Majority Whip,
5 $2,994; Minority Whip, $2,994; Majority Caucus Chairman, $1,867;
6 Minority Caucus Chairman, $1,867; Appropriations Chairman,
7 $2,994; Minority Appropriations Chairman, $2,994; Majority
8 Caucus Secretary, $1,233; Minority Caucus Secretary, $1,233;
9 Majority Policy Chairman, $1,233; Minority Policy Chairman,
10 $1,233; Majority Caucus Administrator, $1,233; Minority Caucus
11 Administrator, $1,233; which amounts shall be increased
12 respectively by the dollar amount that the amount calculated
13 pursuant to section 4(c.1) for each officer or leader exceeds
14 the respective amounts above, which shall be paid on a pro rata
15 basis monthly.
16 (e.1) Senate officers and leaders expense allowance 1997-
17 1998.--Senators elected in the General Election of 1994 who are
18 also officers or leaders of the Senate shall receive in addition
19 to any allowance for clerical assistance and other expenses in
20 conjunction with their positions as officers and leaders for the
21 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, and ending November
22 30, 1998 an annual unvouchered expense allowance in the amount
23 determined in section 5.2(e) increased by the dollar amount of
24 the increase calculated pursuant to section 4(d.1) for the 12-
25 month period beginning December 1, 1997, and ending November 30,
26 1998, which shall be paid on a pro rata basis monthly.
27 (f) Expiration.--This section shall expire November 30,
28 1998.
29 Section 5. The following acts and parts of acts are
30 repealed:
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1 The last sentence of section 301 of the act of June 28, 1995
2 (P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources
3 Act.
4 42 Pa.C.S. § 3581.
5 Section 6. It is the intent of the General Assembly that it
6 would not have enacted any of the provisions of this act without
7 all other provisions of the act and that all of the provisions
8 are essentially and inseparably connected with each other.
9 Accordingly, the provisions of this act shall be nonseverable
10 and if any provision of this act or its application to any
11 person or circumstance is held invalid, the remaining provisions
12 or applications of this act are void.
13 Section 7. This act shall take effect as follows:
14 (1) The amendment of section 3 of the act shall take
15 effect immediately, and shall be applicable as
16 constitutionally permissible.
17 (2) The amendment of section 4 of the act shall take
18 effect immediately and be applicable as constitutionally
19 permissible.
20 (3) The addition of section 5.2 of the act shall take
21 effect November 1, 1995.
22 (4) The remainder of this act shall take effect November
23 1, 1995.
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