Regular Session 2015-2016 Senate Bill 0644 P.N. 0841

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 758, 801

PRINTER'S NO. 841

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

644

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, ARGALL, SCARNATI, EICHELBERGER, STEFANO,

VULAKOVICH, CORMAN, VOGEL, WAGNER, AUMENT, RAFFERTY,

HUTCHINSON, BARTOLOTTA, WHITE, WARD AND ALLOWAY,

APRIL 16, 2015

SENATOR WARD, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED,

MAY 4, 2015

AN ACT

Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in Independent Fiscal Office, further

providing for duties of office and for access to information.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4104(a) of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 4104. Duties of office.

(a) Mandatory.--The office shall:

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(8) Provide a cost analysis for the current and five

subsequent fiscal years of the impact of each proposed

collective bargaining agreement under the jurisdiction of the

Governor prior to execution, including the costs to cover

public employee wages, benefits, pensions and working

conditions that have been reduced in writing under section

701 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as

the Public Employe Relations Act.

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Section 2. Section 4109 of Title 71 is amended by adding a

subsection to read:

§ 4109. Access to information.

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(g) Collective bargaining agreements.--

(1) The Office of Administration and the Office of the

Budget shall provide to the office the following:

(i) The number of employees, wage distribution,

data, estimates, statistics and last best offers

negotiated on all proposed collective bargaining

agreements under the jurisdiction of the Governor;

(ii) such other related information as requested by

the office; and

(iii) a detailed analysis of all the information

enumerated in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) in a format

acceptable to the office.

(2) The Office of Administration and the Office of the

Budget shall submit to the office at least two weeks in

advance of their execution copies of the proposed agreements

so the office is able to fulfill its obligations under

section 4104(a)(8) (relating to duties of office) prior to

the execution of the collective bargaining agreements.

(G) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.--THE OFFICE OF

ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE OF THE BUDGET SHALL:

(1) SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE AT LEAST TEN DAYS, EXCLUDING

WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS, IN ADVANCE OF ITS EXECUTION COPIES OF

EACH PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT UNDER THE

JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE LAST BEST OFFERS

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ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

(2) CONCURRENT WITH EACH SUBMISSION UNDER PARAGRAPH (1),

PROVIDE THE OFFICE WITH A DETAILED COST ANALYSIS OF THE

PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THE ANALYSIS SHALL

COMPARE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IN EFFECT AT THE

TIME OF SUBMISSION TO PROJECTIONS FOR THE PROPOSED COLLECTIVE

BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE FIVE

SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. THE ANALYSIS SHALL INCLUDE:

(I) THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE

AGREEMENT, BY FUND.

(II) WAGES AND SALARIES, BY FUND.

(III) EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS,

INCLUDING PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS, BY FUND.

(IV) A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES TO PAID LEAVE, WORKING

HOURS, WORKING CONDITIONS OR ANY OTHER TERM OF EMPLOYMENT

IN THE PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND THE

PROJECTED COST OF SUCH CHANGES, BY FUND.

(V) A STATEMENT EXPLAINING THE DATA, ASSUMPTIONS AND

METHODOLOGY USED TO MAKE THE PROJECTIONS.

(3) WITHIN FOUR DAYS, EXCLUDING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS,

OF A REQUEST BY THE DIRECTOR, PROVIDE THE OFFICE WITH ANY

INFORMATION, DATA, STATISTICS OR ANALYSIS DETERMINED BY THE

DIRECTOR TO BE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE OFFICE ' S OBLIGATIONS

UNDER SECTION 4104(A)(8) (RELATING TO DUTIES OF OFFICE).

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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