THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, VANCE, SMUCKER, FOLMER, TOMLINSON, WOZNIAK, PIPPY, M. WHITE, ORIE, SCARNATI, EICHELBERGER, GORDNER, D. WHITE, ALLOWAY, WAUGH, KASUNIC, BRUBAKER, YAW, WARD, BAKER AND LOGAN, JANUARY 29, 2009

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 29, 2009  

AN ACT

Requiring the posting of certain governmental salary information

on the Internet.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Governmental 

Salary Information Act.

Section 2.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Commonwealth agency."  Any of the following:

(1)  The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,

Auditor General, State Treasurer and the departments,

offices, boards, authorities, commissions and other agencies

of the executive branch of the government of the

Commonwealth, whether or not subject to the supervision and

control of the Governor.

(2)  The legislative branch of government of the

Commonwealth.

(3)  Any court and any office of the unified judicial

system of the Commonwealth.

"Local agency."  A county, township, borough, town, city,

school district, local authority, commission or other similar

entity performing a governmental function.

Section 3.  Online posting of salaries.

(a)  General rule.--The State Treasurer shall establish an

official Internet website where it shall post, and update on a

monthly basis, the following information concerning the officers

and employees described in section 4:

(1)  Name.

(2)  Title.

(3)  Agency, department or other institution.

(4)  Annual salary rate or other rate of compensation.

(5)  Supplemental compensation for the current month. For

purposes of this section, supplemental compensation shall not

include reimbursement payments to employees for appropriate

business expenditures, or payments for unused vacation or

unused sick leave.

(b)  Data.--Each agency shall create and maintain the data

required by subsection (a) in ASCII-delimited text format, Excel

spreadsheet format or another format mutually agreed upon by the

agency and the State Treasurer.

(c)  Accuracy.--Each agency is responsible for verifying the

accuracy and completeness of the information that it submits to

the State Treasurer.

Section 4.  Applicability.

(a)  General rule.--The provisions of section 3 shall apply

to all officers and employees of a Commonwealth agency.

(b)  Legislative employees.--For each officer or employee of

the Senate and the House of Representatives, in addition to the

information required by section 3, the State Treasurer shall

separately indicate whether the officer or employee is paid with

funds controlled by the majority caucus, funds controlled by the

minority caucus or funds appropriated to compensate the staff of

the officers elected by the Senate or the House of

Representatives.

(c)  Redaction.--At the request of an agency, the State

Treasurer may redact the name of an individual who is regularly

involved in the conduct of undercover criminal investigations if

the State Treasurer determines it is necessary to protect the

safety of the individual.

Section 5.  Local agencies.

(a)  General rule.--All local agencies shall post on their

official Internet websites, and update on a monthly basis, the

following concerning officers and employees:

(1)  Name.

(2)  Title.

(3)  Agency, department or other institution.

(4)  Annual salary rate or other rate of compensation.

(5)  Supplemental compensation for the current month. For

purposes of this section, supplemental compensation shall not

include reimbursement payments to employees for appropriate

business expenditures, or payments for unused vacation or

unused sick leave.

(b)  Exception.--If the local agency does not maintain an

official Internet website, the information shall be made

available electronically or in writing upon request within five

days.

(c)  Notification.--Each local agency shall notify the State

Treasurer, in a form and structure prescribed by the State

Treasurer, when it has complied with this act. When applicable,

the notification shall include the main Internet website page

address where the data received pursuant to subsection (a) is

located.

(d)  Directory.--The State Treasurer shall maintain an

Internet website-based directory of the local agency Internet

website page addresses received pursuant to subsection (c) on

the official Internet website created pursuant to subsection

(a).

Section 6.  Commercial use of data prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to use the contents of

the posting of information under this act for any commercial

purpose whatsoever.

Section 7.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or immediately,

whichever is later.