PRINTER'S NO. 1566
No. 1363 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, TIGUE, WAUGH, DALLY, NAILOR, LAUGHLIN,
MILLER, HENNESSEY, ROSS, DEMPSEY, FICHTER, MARSICO, ALLEN,
VAN HORNE AND MELIO, APRIL 17, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 17, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), entitled
2 "An act specifically authorizing collective bargaining
3 between policemen and firemen and their public employers;
4 providing for arbitration in order to settle disputes, and
5 requiring compliance with collective bargaining agreements
6 and findings of arbitrators," further providing for
7 compensation of arbitrators.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 8 of the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237,
11 No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective
12 Bargaining Act, is amended to read:
13 Section 8. The compensation, if any, of the arbitrator
14 appointed by the policemen or firemen shall be paid by them.
15 [The compensation of the other two arbitrators, as well as all
16 stenographic and other expenses incurred by the arbitration
17 panel in connection with the arbitration proceedings, shall be
18 paid by the political subdivision or by the Commonwealth, as the
19 case may be.] The compensation of the arbitrator appointed by
20 the public employer shall be paid by the employer. The cost of
1 the third arbitrator, as well as all stenographic and other
2 expenses incurred by the arbitration panel in connection with
3 the arbitration proceedings, shall be paid fifty percent by the
4 policemen or firemen and fifty percent by the public employer.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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