THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, EVERETT, GEIST, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, MENSCH, MILLER, MURT, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 8, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 8, 2009  

AN ACT

Repealing the act of May 15, 1945 (P.L.545, No.215), entitled

"An act relating to the rate of pay for policemen, firemen

and park guards in cities of the first class; providing for a

system whereby policemen, firemen and park guards of cities

of the first class who shall enter, or who shall have

entered, the military service during the present hostilities

shall be paid upon honorable discharge and re-entry into the

police, fire or park guard service at the same rate of pay as

if they had actually served on the police force, fire bureau

or park guard force of cities of the first class during the

years, months or days they were in the military service."

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of May 15, 1945 (P.L.545, No.215),

entitled "An act relating to the rate of pay for policemen,

firemen and park guards in cities of the first class; providing

for a system whereby policemen, firemen and park guards of

cities of the first class who shall enter, or who shall have

entered, the military service during the present hostilities

shall be paid upon honorable discharge and re-entry into the

police, fire or park guard service at the same rate of pay as if

they had actually served on the police force, fire bureau or

park guard force of cities of the first class during the years,

months or days they were in the military service," is repealed:

[AN ACT

Relating to the rate of pay for policemen, firemen and park

guards in cities of the first class; providing for a system

whereby policemen, firemen and park guards of cities of the

first class who shall enter, or who shall have entered, the

military service during the present hostilities shall be paid

upon honorable discharge and re-entry into the police, fire

or park guard service at the same rate of pay as if they had

actually served on the police force, fire bureau or park

guard force of cities of the first class during the years,

months or days they were in the military service.

Section 1.  In order that policemen, firemen and park guards

of cities of the first class, who, after their appointment to

such position, have entered the armed forces of the United

States during the present hostilities shall not be put to a

disadvantage because of such service after the effective date of

this act; the rate of pay accorded to such policemen, firemen or

park guards in cities of the first class shall be the same at

the time of their honorable discharge from the armed services

and their re-entry into the police, fire or park guard service

as it would have been had such policemen, firemen or park guards

in the cities of the first class been continuously employed as

policemen, firemen or park guards for the days, months or years

they served in the armed forces of the United States.

Section 2.  The provisions of this act shall become effective

immediately upon final enactment.]

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.