PRINTER'S NO. 1539
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1117
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BREWSTER, TEPLITZ, EICHELBERGER, FONTANA,
YUDICHAK, SCHWANK, VOGEL, WARD, FOLMER, BLAKE AND AUMENT,
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 3, 2016
AN ACT
Prohibiting certain per diem payments to members of the General
Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. 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. ยง 1 et seq.), for days of services shall be prohibited.
Only actual expenses shall be reimbursable to an individual
member upon the receipt of documentation of the expense.
Section 2. Applicability.
This act shall only apply to payments made for individual
days of service. This act shall not apply to any other form of
compensation, including salary, benefits or reimbursed expenses.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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