PRINTER'S NO. 898
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
819
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, CHARLTON, D. COSTA, GILLEN, W. KELLER,
MILLARD, MURT, ORTITAY, ROZZI, RYAN, SAINATO, SAYLOR AND
WARD, MARCH 10, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 10, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania National Guard,
further providing for compensation of division commander or
equivalent.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2304 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2304. Compensation of [division commander or equivalent]
military officers in service to the Commonwealth.
[When a general officer commanding a division or the
commanding officer of nondivisional troops equivalent in size to
a separate infantry brigade is permanently employed by the
Commonwealth in his command capacity, he shall receive the pay
in accordance with the current compensation plan of the
Commonwealth.] The following apply:
(1) The annual salary of deputy adjutant generals and
general officers in command positions permanently employed by
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the Commonwealth in a command capacity shall be equivalent to
the Federal military base pay.
(2) For deputy adjutant generals, the base pay shall not
exceed Major General, O-8, over 20 years of service.
(3) General officers in command, permanently employed by
the Commonwealth in a command capacity, shall be paid
equivalent to the Federal military base pay of the officer's
federally recognized rank and time of service, not to exceed
20 years.
(4) The cost-of-living adjustment shall be based on the
annually published active duty military pay scale.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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