PRINTER'S NO. 3251
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2024
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MULLERY, KAVULICH, O'BRIEN, IRVIN AND PHILLIPS-
HILL, APRIL 29, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 29, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of
certain public officials including justices and judges of
Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of
the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia
Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor
General, the Attorney General and certain other State
officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members
of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent
acts," further providing for judicial salaries, for executive
salaries and for legislative salaries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2.1(i), 3(e) and 4(d) and (d.1) of the
act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public
Official Compensation Law, reenacted and amended November 16,
2005 (P.L.385, No.72), are amended to read:
Section 2.1. Judicial salaries.
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[(i) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--Beginning January 1,
1997, and each January 1 thereafter, the annual salaries under
subsections (a) through (h) shall be increased by the percentage
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change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-
U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area
for the most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
adjustment is due to take effect. The percentage increase and
salary amounts shall be determined prior to the annual effective
date of the adjustment by the Supreme Court and shall be
published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by the Court
Administrator of Pennsylvania within 20 days of the date the
determination is made.]
Section 3. Compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
State Treasurer; Auditor General; Attorney General;
Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission; and heads of departments.
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[(e) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--Beginning January 1,
1997, and each January 1 thereafter, the stated annual salaries
of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer,
the Auditor General, the Attorney General and the heads of the
departments and members of boards and commissions denoted herein
shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living increase
calculated by applying the percentage change in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary
amounts authorized. The percentage increase and the salary
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amounts shall be determined by the Governor prior to the annual
effective date of the adjustment and shall be published by the
Secretary of the Budget in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten
days of the date the determination is made.]
Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
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[(d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
members.--For the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997,
through November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period
thereafter, the salary of the members of the General Assembly
shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment
calculated by applying the percentage change in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current salary
amounts. The percentage increase and the new salary amounts
shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and
the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior to the
annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be published
by them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten days of the date
such determination is made.
(d.1) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
officers and leaders.--For the 12-month period beginning
December 1, 1997, through November 30, 1998, and for each like
12-month period thereafter, the additional compensation of the
officers and leaders of the General Assembly shall be increased
by an annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying
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the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland area, for the most recent 12-month period for which
figures have been officially reported by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately
prior to the date the adjustment is due to take effect, to the
then current compensation. The percentage increase and the new
compensation amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief
Clerk of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of
Representatives prior to the annual effective date of the
adjustment and shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin
within 20 days immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase
taking effect.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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