PRINTER'S NO. 1893
No. 1547 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY M. BAKER, ARGALL, THOMAS, ALLEN, BASTIAN,
BELFANTI, BUTKOVITZ, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, DALEY, FREEMAN,
GEIST, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HERSHEY, HORSEY, KAISER,
LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEVDANSKY, McCALL, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER,
MYERS, READSHAW, ROONEY, RUBLEY, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN,
TIGUE, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 8, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 8, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 2, 1984 (P.L.561, No.112), entitled "An
2 act establishing the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps; and
3 making an appropriation," further providing for supervisors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8 of the act of July 2, 1984 (P.L.561,
7 No.112), known as the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps Act,
8 amended June 25, 1997 (P.L.339, No.38), is amended to read:
9 Section 8. Supervisors.
10 (a) Funding.--Funds available for this program may be
11 expended to pay the wages of crewleaders who shall supervise
12 corpsmembers as prescribed by the department.
13 (b) Crewleader criteria.--Persons eligible to be hired as
14 crewleaders by the department shall be men and women who are:
15 (1) Domiciled in the Commonwealth for at least six
16 months prior to employment in the programs.
1 (2) Registered with the local Job Center for employment.
2 (3) Physically and mentally capable of performing labor
3 intensive work and supervisory duties.
4 (4) Not attending a postsecondary institution full time
5 and who provide assurance that they did not leave school for
6 the purpose of employment as a supervisor in the program.
7 (c) Term of employment.--A crewleader shall be employed by
8 the department for a period of one year. At the option of the
9 department, a crewleader who has successfully completed a one-
10 year term of service may be extended for subsequent one-year
11 terms.
12 (d) Hourly wage.--Crewleaders shall receive an hourly wage
13 that exceeds the hourly wage of corpsmembers by a minimum of
14 $5.00.
15 (e) Benefits.--Crewleaders shall not be entitled to any
16 employee benefits provided to existing employees of the
17 department or of other State agencies [or local agencies] except
18 for paid Commonwealth holidays [and], workmen's compensation
19 coverage and health and dental benefits equivalent to the
20 benefits received by other full-time departmental employees,
21 which shall be provided through the funds appropriated to carry
22 out this act. A crewleader who has served for one year shall be
23 entitled to five paid vacation days and five days of paid sick
24 leave during each subsequent year of service. Service as a crew
25 leader shall be considered as State service for the purposes of
26 calculating pension benefits in any future State employment.
27 (f) Veterans' preference.--In the hiring of crewleaders,
28 preference shall be given to honorably discharged veterans of
29 the armed forces of the United States.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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