PRINTER'S NO. 468
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
447
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY LAWRENCE, BLOOM, COX, GABLER, GROVE, PHILLIPS-
HILL, KAUFFMAN, METCALFE, B. MILLER, SACCONE, TALLMAN, WARD
AND ZIMMERMAN, FEBRUARY 13, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017
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; providing for the regulation of pari-mutuel
thoroughbred horse racing and harness horse racing
activities, imposing certain taxes and providing for the
disposition of funds from pari-mutuel tickets; 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 powers and duties of Department of Labor and
Industry, its departmental administrative and advisory boards
and departments administrative officers, further providing
for fair share fee and payroll deduction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2215(h) of the act of April 9, 1929
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(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
amended to read:
Section 2215. Fair Share Fee; Payroll Deduction.--* * *
(h) When a challenge is made under subsection (e)(2), the
objector shall provide the exclusive representative with
verification that the challenge is based on bona fide religious
grounds. If the exclusive representative accepts the
verification, the challenging nonmember shall pay the equivalent
of the fair share fee to a nonreligious charity [agreed upon by
the nonmember and the exclusive representative.] chosen by the
challenging nonmember and exempt from taxation under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-
514, 26 U.S.C. ยง 501(c)(3)). If the exclusive representative
rejects the verification because it is not based on bona fide
religious grounds, the challenging nonmember may challenge that
determination within forty (40) days from receipt of
notification.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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