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House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted:	January 15, 2013 02:51 PM
From:	Representative Eli Evankovich
To:	All House members
Subject:	Taxpayers FIRST - Reintroduction of HB 2279 & HB 2280 2011-12

In the near future, I intend to re-introduce 2 pieces of legislation (former HB 2279 and HB 2280) that will require all levels of government in Pennsylvania to disclose annual employee costs to the Taxpayers.

The first bill will require Local Governments, County Governments, and School Districts to prepare an annual report disclosing salary and wage costs, healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, and other insurance benefits by employee name and position. The report will have to be published on a website (if applicable), a newspaper, or newsletter.

The second bill will create consistency, by making the same information available for state employees. The bill will amend the recently enacted PennWATCH legislation to include, not only employee name and salary (as currently required under PennWATCH), but also the same benefit information.

The purpose of this proposal is simple. The Taxpayer has become increasingly aware of the employee costs for the legislature because of the ease of access for this information and as a result has become appropriately more critical of the conduct in this General Assembly. I am asking for you to join me in extending this same tool to the Taxpayer for every other level of Government in Pennsylvania--greater accountability will follow.

Former co-sponsors of HB 2279 and HB 2280 include: SACCONE, BLOOM, CUTLER , DePASQUALE , DUNBAR, EVERETT , GABLER, HARHAI , HARHART , HORNAMAN , HUTCHINSON , KAUFFMAN , F. KELLER, KORTZ , LAWRENCE, METCALFE , MULLERY, PETRARCA , REESE, ROAE , ROCK , SCHRODER , SIMMONS, SWANGER and VULAKOVICH

Document #1

Introduced as HB788

Description:	1. Former HB 2279- An Act amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in access, further providing for regulations and policies.

Document #2

Introduced as HB789

Description:	Former HB 2280- An Act amending the act of June 30, 2011 (P.L.81, No.18), known as the Pennsylvania Web Accountability and Transparency (PennWATCH) Act, further providing for definitions and for searchable budget database.