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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PERRY, AUMENT, BEAR, BOYD, CLYMER, COHEN, CUTLER, DENLINGER, GILLEN, GROVE, KAUFFMAN, MAJOR, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROAE, SCHRODER, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, providing for secret ballot election for |
3 | employee representation. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby resolves as follows: |
6 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
7 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
8 | That Article I be amended to by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 29. Secret ballot election for employee representation. |
10 | Individual votes cast in elections, authorizations or |
11 | designations for public and private employee representation |
12 | required by Federal or State law shall be by secret ballot. |
13 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
14 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
15 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
16 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
17 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
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1 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
2 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
3 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
4 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
5 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
6 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
7 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
8 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
9 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
10 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
11 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
12 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
13 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
14 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
15 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
16 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
17 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
18 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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