PRINTER'S NO. 3140
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1976
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, HANNA, GOODMAN, CARROLL, FRANKEL,
MARKOSEK, PETRARCA, DeLUCA, DEAN, GIBBONS, PASHINSKI,
DERMODY, O'BRIEN, TRUITT AND D. MILLER, APRIL 8, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 8, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," in Commonwealth budget
procedures, providing for general appropriation bill
compensation suspension.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
section to read:
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Section 613.1. General Appropriation Bill Compensation
Suspension.--(a) If the General Assembly fails to pass, or the
Governor vetoes, a general appropriation bill for a fiscal year,
compensation and reimbursement for expenses, including per
diems, for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, cabinet officers
and members of the General Assembly shall be suspended until a
general appropriation bill has been passed by the General
Assembly and signed by the Governor.
(b) Compensation and reimbursement for expenses, including
per diems, shall be paid retroactively to the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, cabinet officer or member of the General
Assembly for any service rendered between July 1 and the
enactment of a general appropriation bill in any year in which
the General Assembly has failed to pass or the Governor has
failed to sign a general appropriation bill.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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