PRINTER'S NO. 2828
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1972
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, KAUFFMAN, WATSON, COX, B. MILLER, JOZWIAK,
WHEELAND, PHILLIPS-HILL AND KEEFER, DECEMBER 19, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, DECEMBER 19, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
unemployment compensation to be administered by the
Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
providing procedure and administrative details for the
determination, payment and collection of such contributions
and the payment of such compensation; providing for
cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," in administration of
act, further providing for the Unemployment Compensation
Board of Review.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 203(a) of the act of December 5, 1936
(2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment
Compensation Law, is amended to read:
Section 203. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.--(a)
(1) There is hereby created in the department an Unemployment
Compensation Board of Review.
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(2) The board shall consist of three members nominated and
appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
two-thirds of all the members of the Senate, for terms of six
years each, and until their successors shall have been appointed
and qualified[, except that the terms of the members first
taking office shall expire on July first, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-nine; July first, one thousand nine hundred
forty-one; and July first, one thousand nine hundred forty-
three, respectively, as designated by the Governor at the time
of appointment and until their successors shall have been
appointed and qualified].
(3) Each member shall devote full time to official duties
and may not hold any office or position the duties of which are
incompatible with the duties of the office of board member nor
be engaged in any business, employment or vocation for which the
member receives remuneration, but a member may speak, write or
lecture if reimbursed expenses, honorariums, royalties or other
money received in connection with the activities are disclosed.
(4) Each member must be an attorney at law and have at least
five years of practice as an unemployment compensation referee
or other administrative hearing officer, five years of practice
before administrative agencies or equivalent experience.
(5) The Governor shall designate one of the members as
chairman.
(6) Vacancies [in said board] shall be filled for the
unexpired terms. [The chairman of the board shall receive a
salary at the rate of nine thousand dollars per annum. The other
members of the board shall receive salaries at the rate of eight
thousand five hundred dollars per annum.]
(7) The chairman of the board shall receive a salary
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equivalent to the salary of the chairman for the Workers'
Compensation Appeal Board, as set by the Executive Board. The
other members shall receive salaries equivalent to the salaries
of the members of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, as set
by the Executive Board. Such salaries shall be paid from the
Administration Fund.
(8) Two members of the board shall be a quorum, and no
action of the board shall be valid unless it shall have the
concurrence of at least two members. A vacancy on the board
shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the
rights and perform all the duties of the board.
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Section 2. This act shall apply as follows:
(1) The addition of section 203(a)(3) of the act shall
apply to members who are appointed before, on or after the
effective date of this act.
(2) The addition of section 203(a)(4) and (7) of the act
shall apply to members who are appointed on or after the
effective date of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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