PRINTER'S NO. 1801
No. 1518 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MANMILLER AND REED, JUNE 23, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, JUNE 24, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 5, 1936, 2nd Sp.Sess., (1937
2 P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
3 unemployment compensation to be administered by the
4 Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
5 created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
6 selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
7 keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
8 contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
9 payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
10 providing procedure and administrative details for the
11 determination, payment and collection of such contributions
12 and the payment of such compensation; providing for
13 cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
14 creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
15 Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," extending coverage to
16 county employes.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 1201, act of December 5, 1936, 2nd
20 Sp.Sess., (1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the "Unemployment
21 Compensation Law," added September 27, 1971 (P.L.460, No.108),
22 is amended to read:
23 Section 1201. Election of Coverage.--(a) Notwithstanding any
24 other provisions of this act, any political subdivision of the
25 Commonwealth may, for itself and any instrumentality thereof,
1 elect to cover under this act, service performed by employes in
2 all of the hospitals and institutions of higher education, as
3 defined in section 4 (m.1) and section 4 (m.2) of this act,
4 operated by such political subdivisions or instrumentalities and
5 a county may elect to cover under this act service performed by
6 employes of the county. The election may exclude services
7 described in section 4 (l), (4) (8) of this act.
8 (b) Such election shall be made by submitting notice thereof
9 to the department in writing, signed by the authority or
10 authorities legally entitled to give notice of such election.
11 Upon receipt of such election by the department, such services
12 shall be deemed to constitute employment subject to this act for
13 all the purposes thereof from and after the date specified in
14 such election and for not less than two calendar years following
15 the year in which such election was made. Thereafter, such
16 services shall cease to be deemed employment as of the first day
17 of January of any calendar year subsequent to such two calendar
18 years only if, at least thirty days prior to such first day of
19 January, notice in writing to that effect is received by the
20 department of withdrawal of such election signed by the
21 authority or authorities legally entitled to give such notice.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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