SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2871, 3029, 3801 PRINTER'S NO. 3850
No. 2104 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, MANDERINO, IRVIS, PIEVSKY, ITKIN,
DOMBROWSKI, D. R. WRIGHT, SEVENTY, PETRONE, GRUITZA, LLOYD,
CAWLEY, VEON, COWELL, STABACK, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, TRELLO,
PETRARCA, VAN HORNE, COLE, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GRUPPO, STEWART,
CAPPABIANCA, KASUNIC, TELEK, MRKONIC, WAMBACH, GEORGE,
LINTON, LUCYK, LESCOVITZ, McCALL, DUFFY, MICHLOVIC, WOZNIAK,
MORRIS, BATTISTO, COLAFELLA, PRESTON, STEIGHNER, GALLAGHER,
COY, DAWIDA, DEAL, OLASZ AND MAYERNIK, FEBRUARY 4, 1986
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 30, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 1, 1978 (P.L.584, No.109), entitled "An
2 act establishing an agency to create the linkage necessary
3 for the planning of an economic development system for
4 Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation," further providing
5 for powers and duties of council, and for the operation and
6 functions of area labor management committees.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 6 of the act of July 1, 1978 (P.L.584,
10 No.109), known as the Milrite Act, is amended to read:
11 Section 6. Powers and duties of council.
12 (1) Undertake research and investigation relating to the
13 promotion of the industrial potential of Pennsylvania.
14 (2) Create plans for economic revitalization of
15 Commonwealth industries.
16 (3) Recommend implementation procedures for all plans,
1 maximizing existing mechanisms with proven ability to
2 accomplish tasks, linkages among current programs, business,
3 labor and government insights into practicality and
4 workability of suggested approaches.
5 (4) Encourage and stimulate cooperation and coordination
6 among Federal, State and local programs.
7 (5) Recommend structural changes and updating of
8 economic delivery tools of State Government to the Governor
9 and General Assembly.
10 (6) Draw upon labor, management and government
11 participants to promulgate plans and implement procedures.
12 (7) Recommend organizational structure and participants
13 particularly suited to local needs and conditions.
14 (8) Undertake research, including the hiring of
15 consultants, into the cost of doing business in this
16 Commonwealth, including recommendations for changes and
17 estimates of future costs, with comparative analysis of both
18 intrastate and intrastate costs.
19 (9) Undertake research, including the hiring of
20 consultants, to determine if the Commonwealth can more
21 effectively use its mediation services to discourage, and
22 shorten the duration of, labor-management disputes.
23 [(8)] (10) The council shall have the power to:
24 (i) Enter into contracts.
25 (ii) Appoint, fix compensation of, and prescribe
26 duties of an executive director, secretary and such other
27 personnel as the council deems necessary to accomplish
28 the purposes of this act. The council shall be able to <--
29 appoint or discharge employees without being required to
30 make a request of any executive agency. It is the intent
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1 of this provision that the council can function
2 effectively only as an agency independent of any other
3 branch of government.
4 (iii) Retain counsel.
5 (iv) Accept grants from public and private sources.
6 (v) Borrow money and issue obligations, secured or
7 unsecured, to acquire, hold, own and pledge or dispose of
8 funds, money, securities and other property, real or
9 personal, tangible or intangible to the extent necessary
10 to carry out the purposes of this act.
11 (vi) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations
12 necessary to accomplish the provisions of this act.
13 Agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide their full
14 cooperation to research conducted by the council, including, but
15 not limited to, the provision of information necessary for
16 conducting research under paragraphs (8) and (9).
17 Section 2. Section 6.1 of the act, added May 31, 1984
18 (P.L.378, No.77), is amended to read:
19 Section 6.1. Area labor management committees.
20 (a) The council shall establish standards and criteria for
21 the selection of area labor management committees to be assisted
22 by [[matching]] grants under subsection (c), solicit proposals <--
23 from area labor management committees, review and evaluate the
24 relative merits of such proposals and select those proposals for
25 funding which would best meet the standards and criteria
26 established by the council.
27 (b) The council may use a reasonable amount of any
28 appropriation for grants to area labor management committees to
29 hire staff and provide support for area labor management
30 committees and for carrying out the purposes specified in
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1 subsection (a). Funds shall be used for staff and other expenses
2 necessary to perform out-reach functions to those areas of the
3 Commonwealth not served by area labor management committees.
4 (c) The council shall designate the area labor management
5 committees which are entitled to receive [[matching]] grants <--
6 pursuant to subsection (a). Funds appropriated to the Department
7 of Commerce for grants to area labor management committees shall
8 be made to those committees, in amounts and under conditions
9 specified by the council, and under the following conditions:
10 (1) The grant shall be matched with as much non-State
11 funds as possible, within the overall goal of attempting to
12 establish and maintain as many area labor management
13 committees as possible.
14 (2) While the highest priority for these funds shall be
15 for the establishment of new area labor management
16 committees, the council shall make use of the money available
17 to it for the grants to ensure the continued existence and
18 expansion of existing area labor management committees,
19 including the provisions of technical assistance and
20 nonmatching grants.
21 (d) The council shall report annually to the chairman and
22 minority chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the
23 chairman and minority chairman of the House Committee on
24 Appropriations, the chairman and minority chairman of the Senate
25 Committee on Labor and Industry and the chairman and minority
26 chairman of the House Committee on Labor Relations, the
27 accomplishments and specific expenditures of each area labor
28 management committee funded under subsections (a) and (c)
29 including, but not limited to, salaries, rent, contracts and
30 other operational costs.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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