PRINTER'S NO. 1607
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
53
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BLOOM, METCALFE, RAPP, F. KELLER, KNOWLES,
KAUFFMAN, EVERETT, WARD, MACKENZIE, HICKERNELL, SCHEMEL,
McGINNIS, SAYLOR, IRVIN, GROVE, MENTZER, B. MILLER, LAWRENCE,
ZIMMERMAN AND KEEFER, MAY 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 1, 2017
AN ACT
Relieving certain employee organizations of certain duties and
obligations; and making a related repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Collective
Bargaining Agreement Limitation Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Exclusive representative." The employee organization
selected by the employees of a public employer to represent them
for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to the act of
July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe
Relations Act.
"Fair share fee." The regular membership dues required of
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members of the exclusive representative, less the cost for the
previous fiscal year of its activities or undertakings which
were not reasonably employed to implement or effectuate the
duties of the employee organization as exclusive representative.
"Political subdivision." A county, city, borough,
incorporated town, township and county institution district.
Section 3. Limitation on collective bargaining agreements.
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.
Section 4. 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the Public Employee Fair Share Fee Law, is repealed.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 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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