CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2001, 2123, 2193 PRINTER'S NO. 2202
No. 1285 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, COSTA, RAFFERTY, MUSTO, LOGAN, CORMAN,
FONTANA, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, MELLOW, GORDNER, O'PAKE,
RHOADES, REGOLA, ROBBINS AND DINNIMAN, JULY 13, 2006
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, OCTOBER 18, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for credited State
3 service.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5302(b)(2) of Title 71 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5302. Credited State service.
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10 (b) Creditable leaves of absence.--
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12 (2) An active member on paid leave granted by an
13 employer for purposes of serving as an elected full-time
14 officer for a Statewide employee organization which is a
15 collective bargaining representative under the act of June
16 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and
17 Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, or the act of July 23,
1 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations
2 Act, and not more than UP TO 14 full-time business agents <--
3 appointed by an employee organization that represents
4 correction officers employed at State correctional
5 institutions: Provided, That for elected full-time officers
6 such leave shall not be for more than three consecutive terms
7 of the same office and for the UP TO 14 full-time business <--
8 agents appointed by an employee organization that represents
9 correction officers employed at State correctional
10 institutions no more than three consecutive terms of the same
11 office; that the employer shall fully compensate the member,
12 including, but not limited to, salary, wages, pension and
13 retirement contributions and benefits, other benefits and
14 seniority, as if he were in full-time active service; and
15 that the Statewide employee organization shall fully
16 reimburse the employer for all expenses and costs of such
17 paid leave, including, but not limited to, contributions and
18 payment in accordance with sections 5501, 5505.1 and 5507, if
19 the employee organization either directly pays, or reimburses
20 the Commonwealth or other employer for, contributions made in
21 accordance with section 5507.
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23 Section 2. The amendment of 71 Pa.C.S. § 5302(b)(2) , <--
24 INSOFAR AS IT RELATES TO BUSINESS AGENTS APPOINTED BY AN
25 EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING CORRECTION OFFICERS AT STATE
26 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, shall apply only to leaves of absence
27 approved after December 31, 2006, for active members who are
28 appointed as the business agents identified in section
29 5302(b)(2).
30 Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
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