PRINTER'S NO. 3055
No. 2276 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY MORRIS, FEBRUARY 6, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 6, 1990
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting local government units and authorities from imposing
2 certain residency requirements for employees.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Definitions.
6 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
7 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
8 context clearly indicates otherwise:
9 "Authority." An authority or nonprofit corporation organized
10 under any law of this Commonwealth. The term includes a joint
11 authority incorporated by two or more municipalities.
12 "Local government unit." A county, county institution
13 district, city, borough, incorporated town, township, school
14 district or any similar, general or limited purpose unit of
15 local government or any unit created by joint action of two or
16 more local government units which is now or shall hereafter be
17 authorized to be created by the General Assembly. The term
1 includes a local government unit operating under a home rule
2 charter.
3 Section 2. Local government unit prohibited from imposing
4 certain residency requirements.
5 (a) General rule.--A local government unit shall not have
6 the power, with regard to a position of employment that is
7 funded either in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by
8 money received from the Commonwealth or the Federal Government,
9 to require that an applicant for the position or that an
10 employee filling the position reside within the physical
11 boundaries of the local government unit as a condition of
12 application for employment or as a condition of employment.
13 (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not prohibit a local
14 government unit from requiring residence within the local
15 government unit as a condition of application for employment and
16 as a condition of employment in the case of employees directly
17 involved in preserving public safety who must reside in close
18 proximity to their place of work in order to properly preserve
19 public safety.
20 Section 3. Authority prohibited from imposing certain residency
21 requirements.
22 (a) General rule.--An authority shall not have the power,
23 with regard to a position of employment that is funded, either
24 in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by money received
25 from the Commonwealth or the Federal Government to require that
26 an applicant for the position or that an employee filling the
27 position reside within the physical boundaries of the
28 municipality or municipalities that established the authority or
29 within the service area of the authority as a condition of
30 application for employment or as a condition of employment.
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1 (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not prohibit an
2 authority from requiring residence within the municipality or
3 municipalities that established the authority or within the
4 service area of the authority as a condition of application for
5 employment and as a condition of employment in the case of
6 employees directly involved in preserving public safety who must
7 reside in close proximity to their place of work in order to
8 properly preserve public safety.
9 Section 4. Effective date.
10 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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