PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2707, 2755, 3913 PRINTER'S NO. 4043
No. 2133 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. WILT, MUSTO, SWEET, NOVAK, PICCOLA, BURNS,
SCHEAFFER AND CESSAR, JANUARY 16, 1980
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 17, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 20, 1979 (No.51), entitled "An act
2 establishing a uniform mileage fee for all officials,
3 officers and employees of the Commonwealth, its political
4 subdivisions, intermediate units, and authorities,"
5 permitting mileage to be fixed by collective bargaining
6 agreements or arbitration awards.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1, act of July 20, 1979 (No.51), entitled
10 "An act establishing a uniform mileage fee for all officials,
11 officers and employees of the Commonwealth, its political
12 subdivisions, intermediate units, and authorities," is amended
13 to read:
14 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other act
15 to the contrary the mileage fee to be charged and received by
16 any official, officer or employee of the Commonwealth, its
17 departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, agencies and
18 authorities and any official, officer or employee of its
19 political subdivisions or authorities created thereby, or of an
1 intermediate unit shall be [17¢] 20¢ OR THE STANDARD MILEAGE <--
2 RATE ALLOWED AS A BUSINESS DEDUCTION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE
3 SERVICE per mile, IF IT IS HIGHER unless [a lesser rate is <--
4 adopted by the department, bureau, board, commission, agency,
5 authority, political subdivision or intermediate unit] a
6 collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award between a
7 public employer and a union certified as an exclusive
8 representative pursuant to provisions of the act of July 23,
9 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the "Public Employe Relations
10 Act," or the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to
11 as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, provides
12 a different rate, in which case the rate specified in the
13 collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award shall be
14 the effective rate for employees covered by that collective
15 bargaining agreement or arbitration award and that rate may be
16 extended to other employees of that public employer at the
17 employer's discretion. In the absence of a collective bargaining
18 agreement provision or arbitration award establishing a mileage
19 fee, a rate other than 17¢ per mile may be adopted by the
20 department, bureau, commission, agency, authority, political
21 subdivision or intermediate unit.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall
23 be retroactive to July 20, 1979.
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