PRINTER'S NO. 1683
No. 1334 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY WILT AND LINCOLN, OCTOBER 30, 1989
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 30, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for the
21 Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
26 section to read:
27 Section 442.2. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.--
1 There is hereby created in the Department of Labor and Industry
2 the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. The board shall
3 consist of at least three members, nominated and appointed by
4 the Governor upon the consent of a majority of the members of
5 the Senate. The term of a board member shall be for six years
6 and until their successor is appointed and qualified. If the
7 workload of the board justifies an increase in membership, the
8 Governor may increase the number of members to no more than five
9 and the additional members shall be selected as provided herein
10 for other members. The Governor shall designate one member as
11 chairman. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the
12 unexpired term.
13 The Executive Board shall determine the salaries of the
14 chairman and members of the Unemployment Compensation Board of
15 Review. These salaries shall be paid from the Administration
16 Fund.
17 A majority of the members of the Unemployment Compensation
18 Board shall constitute a quorum. An action of the board is valid
19 only if it has the concurrence of the majority of votes cast at
20 a meeting at which a quorum is present. A vacancy on the board
21 shall not impair the right of a quorum of the full board to
22 conduct business on behalf of the full board.
23 Section 2. Members of the Unemployment Compensation Board of
24 Review appointed under authority heretofore contained in section
25 203 of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897,
26 No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, shall
27 continue to serve for the terms for which they were appointed
28 and until successors shall be appointed and qualified.
29 Section 3. The following acts and parts of acts are
30 repealed:
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1 Section 203(a) of the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess.,
2 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation
3 Law.
4 Act of June 28, 1989 (P.L.60, No.11), entitled "An act
5 amending the act of September 2, 1961 (P.L.1177, No.525),
6 entitled 'An act fixing the salaries and compensation of members
7 of certain boards and commissions, and repealing inconsistent
8 acts,' removing from the act the salaries of the Chairman and
9 members of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review; and
10 making a repeal."
11 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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