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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ROAE, VULAKOVICH, GROVE, HORNAMAN, ELLIS, DUNBAR, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, GIBBONS, KAUFFMAN, MASSER, MILNE, PERRY, RAPP, SACCONE, TALLMAN AND TOEPEL, OCTOBER 31, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 31, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 members of the General Assembly. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. Section 4(d) and (d.1) of the act of September |
15 | 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official |
16 | Compensation Law, reenacted and amended November 16, 2005 |
17 | (P.L.385, No.72), are amended and the section is amended by |
18 | adding a subsection to read: |
19 | Section 4. Members of the General Assembly. |
20 | * * * |
21 | (d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for |
22 | members.--[For] Except as provided in subsection (d.2), for the |
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1 | 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, through November 30, |
2 | 1998, and for each like 12-month period thereafter, the salary |
3 | of the members of the General Assembly shall be increased by an |
4 | annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying the |
5 | percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban |
6 | Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and |
7 | Maryland area, for the most recent 12-month period for which |
8 | figures have been officially reported by the United States |
9 | Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately |
10 | prior to the date the adjustment is due to take effect, to the |
11 | then current salary amounts. The percentage increase and the new |
12 | salary amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of |
13 | the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives |
14 | prior to the annual effective date of the adjustment and shall |
15 | be published by them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten |
16 | days of the date such determination is made. |
17 | (d.1) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for |
18 | officers and leaders.--[For] Except as provided in subsection |
19 | (d.2), for the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, |
20 | through November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period |
21 | thereafter, the additional compensation of the officers and |
22 | leaders of the General Assembly shall be increased by an annual |
23 | cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying the percentage |
24 | change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI- |
25 | U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, |
26 | for the most recent 12-month period for which figures have been |
27 | officially reported by the United States Department of Labor, |
28 | Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the |
29 | adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current |
30 | compensation. The percentage increase and the new compensation |
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1 | amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the |
2 | Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior |
3 | to the annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be |
4 | published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days |
5 | immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase taking effect. |
6 | (d.2) Adjustment freeze for members of the House of |
7 | Representatives.--The adjustment provided for members of the |
8 | House of Representatives under subsections (d) and (d.1) shall |
9 | not occur during the period beginning when this subsection takes |
10 | effect and ending November 30, 2012. |
11 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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