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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY KESSLER, DALEY, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HALUSKA, HARKINS, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, MAHONEY, McGEEHAN, MOUL, PAYNE, PRESTON, READSHAW, SAYLOR, SEIP, SIPTROTH, VULAKOVICH, M. O'BRIEN AND SWANGER, MARCH 18, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MARCH 18, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 15, 1933 (P.L.565, No.111), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the powers and duties of the Department of |
3 | Banking and the Secretary of Banking in exercising |
4 | supervision over, and taking possession of and conducting or |
5 | liquidating the business and property of, corporations, |
6 | associations, and persons receiving deposits or otherwise |
7 | transacting a banking business, corporations acting as |
8 | fiduciaries, and building and loan associations; providing |
9 | for the payment of the expenses of the Department of Banking |
10 | by supervised corporations, associations, or persons, and |
11 | appropriating the Banking Department Fund; authorizing the |
12 | Department of Banking, under certain circumstances, to |
13 | examine corporations, associations, or persons affiliated, or |
14 | having business transactions with supervised corporations, |
15 | associations or persons; authorizing appeals to the Supreme |
16 | Court, and prescribing and limiting the powers and duties of |
17 | certain other courts and their prothonotaries, registers of |
18 | wills, recorders of deeds, and certain State departments, |
19 | commissions, and officers; authorizing certain local public |
20 | officers and State departments to collect fees for services |
21 | rendered under this act; providing penalties; and repealing |
22 | certain acts and parts of acts," further providing for |
23 | employee protection. |
24 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
25 | hereby enacts as follows: |
26 | Section 1. Section 1104 of the act of May 15, 1933 (P.L.565, |
27 | No.111), known as the Department of Banking Code, amended |
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1 | December 9, 2002 (P.L.1604, No.209), is amended to read: |
2 | Section 1104. Protection of Employes.--A. No licensee may |
3 | discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate or retaliate |
4 | against an employe regarding the employe's compensation, terms, |
5 | conditions, location or privileges of employment because the |
6 | employe or a person acting on behalf of the employe makes a good |
7 | faith report or is about to report, verbally or in writing, to |
8 | the employer or appropriate authority a violation of [this act] |
9 | law. |
10 | B. No licensee may discharge, threaten or otherwise |
11 | discriminate or retaliate against an employe regarding the |
12 | employe's compensation, terms, conditions, location or |
13 | privileges of employment because the employe is requested by an |
14 | appropriate authority to participate in an investigation, |
15 | hearing or inquiry held by an appropriate authority or in a |
16 | court action relating to a violation of [this act] law. |
17 | C. An employe shall not be liable to a licensee in an action |
18 | arising out of: |
19 | (1) a report under subsection A; or |
20 | (2) participation under subsection B. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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