PRINTER'S NO. 1091
No. 834 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, PICCOLA, JUBELIRER, VANCE, PUNT,
MADIGAN, CORMAN, WENGER, WAUGH, THOMPSON, WONDERLING AND
ARMSTRONG, JULY 27, 2005
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JULY 27, 2005
AN ACT
1 Repealing the act of June 2, 1993 (P.L.45, No.15), entitled "An
2 act requiring public employees who are not members of a
3 collective bargaining unit to contribute a fair share fee;
4 establishing payment, notice, objection and reporting
5 procedures; and imposing penalties," relieving certain
6 employee organizations of certain duties and obligations.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The act of June 2, 1993 (P.L.45, No.15), known as
10 the Public Employee Fair Share Fee Law, is repealed.
11 Section 2. (a) No collective bargaining agreement made
12 after the effective date of this section by a political
13 subdivision nor an extension of an existing collective
14 bargaining agreement made after the effective date of this
15 section by a political subdivision may require payment of a fair
16 share fee to the exclusive representative by a nonmember of the
17 exclusive representative.
18 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 606 of the act
19 of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe
1 Relations Act, or any other law to the contrary, an employee
2 organization acting as an exclusive representative shall owe no
3 duty and shall have no obligation to represent a public employee
4 who is not a member of the employee organization in any
5 grievance or other proceeding filed with or against a public
6 employer.
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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