PRINTER'S NO. 131
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
157
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, BARTOLOTTA, BREWSTER, COSTA,
YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY, HUGHES AND STREET, JANUARY 20, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 20, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), entitled
"An act regulating and improving the civil service of certain
departments and agencies of the Commonwealth; vesting in the
State Civil Service Commission and a Personnel Director
certain powers and duties; providing for classification of
positions, adoption of compensation schedules and
certification of payrolls; imposing duties upon certain
officers and employes of the Commonwealth; authorizing
service to other State departments or agencies and political
subdivisions of the Commonwealth in matters relating to civil
service; defining certain crimes and misdemeanors; imposing
penalties; making certain appropriations, and repealing
certain acts and parts thereof," in selection of employees
for entrance to or promotion in the classified service,
providing for additional points in grading civil service
examinations of applicants with disabilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286),
known as the Civil Service Act, is amended by adding a section
to read:
Section 508. Additional Points in Grading Civil Service
Examinations of Applicants with Disabilities.--(a) Whenever an
applicant with a disability successfully passes a civil service
appointment examination for a public position in this
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