PRINTER'S NO.  3569

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2430

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CUTLER, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, HORNAMAN, HOUGHTON, MURPHY, MURT, K. SMITH, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WANSACZ, APRIL 20, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 20, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),

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entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of

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certain public officials including justices and judges of

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Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of

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the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia

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Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the

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Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor

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General, the Attorney General and certain other State

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officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members

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of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent

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acts," further providing for cost-of-living adjustments for

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members of the General Assembly.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 4 of the act of September 30, 1983

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(P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law,

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is amended by adding a subsection to read:

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Section 4.  Members of the General Assembly.

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(e)  Cost-of-living adjustment limitation.--The cost-of-

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living adjustment for members of the General Assembly under

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subsection (d) and for officers and leaders of the General

 


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Assembly under subsection (d.1) shall be suspended beginning

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July 1 in any year in which a general appropriation act is not

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enacted by June 30. The suspension of cost-of-living adjustments

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shall continue for the duration of the fiscal year.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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