THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY TRUITT, ROAE, BLOOM, CUTLER, DELOZIER, GROVE, HELM, KNOWLES, MACKENZIE, MULLERY, SIMMONS, SWANGER AND GILLEN, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012  

AN ACT

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

entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of

certain public officials including justices and judges of

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

the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia

Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the

Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor

General, the Attorney General and certain other State

officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members

of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent

acts," providing for limitations on certain additional

expenses of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),

known as the Public Official Compensation Law, is amended by

adding a section to read:

Section 5.3.  Limitations on certain additional expenses of the

General Assembly.

(a)  Prohibition on per diem payments.--Any payment made to a

member of the General Assembly that is a per diem payment, or

would be considered a per diem payment under the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.),

for days of service shall be prohibited. Only actual expenses

shall be reimbursable to an individual member upon the receipt

of documentation of the expense.

(b)  Limitations.--This section shall only apply to payments

made for individual days of service. This section shall not

impact any other form of compensation including salary, benefits

or reimbursed expenses.

Section 2.  All rules and regulations inconsistent with this

act are abrogated insofar as the rule or regulation is

inconsistent with the act.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.