PRINTER'S NO. 1274
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1016
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, BROWNE, WHITE, WARD, WAGNER AND
VULAKOVICH, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," in administrative
organization, further providing for qualifications of
employees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 217 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended to
read:
Section 217. Qualifications of employees.--(a) All
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deputies, directors, superintendents, and bureau or division
chiefs, and other [employes] employees, shall be persons
especially qualified for their positions by training and
experience in the particular kind of work which their official
duties will require them to perform.
(b) An individual who applies for a position or promotion as
an employee in the Executive, Legislative or Judicial Branch of
State Government must be a resident or former resident of this
Commonwealth. A former resident of this Commonwealth must have
relocated out-of-State for academic or employment purposes and
agree to establish Commonwealth residency within six months of
beginning employment or assuming the duties of the promotion.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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