THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY COX, METCALFE, RAPP, CREIGHTON, AUMENT, BEAR, BLOOM, BOYD, CUTLER, DENLINGER, EVERETT, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAJOR, MALONEY, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, OBERLANDER, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, STEVENSON, SWANGER AND TALLMAN, APRIL 5, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 5, 2011  

AN ACT

Relieving certain employee organizations of certain duties and

obligations; and repealing the Public Employee Fair Share Fee

Law.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Limitation on collective bargaining agreements.

(a)  General rule.--No collective bargaining agreement made

after the effective date of this section by any political

subdivision nor any extension of an existing collective

bargaining agreement made after the effective date of this

section by any political subdivision may require payment of a

fair share fee to the exclusive representative by a nonmember of

the exclusive representative.

(b)  Employee organization representation of nonmembers.--

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 606 of the act of July

23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe

Relations Act, or any other law to the contrary, an employee

organization acting as an exclusive representative shall owe no

duty and shall have no obligation to represent any public

employee who is not a member of the employee organization in any

grievance or other proceeding filed with or against a public

employer.

Section 2.  Repeals.

Repeals are as follows:

(1)  The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate this act.

(2)  The act of June 2, 1993 (P.L.45, No.15), known as

the Public Employee Fair Share Fee Law, is repealed.

Section 3.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect immediately.