PRINTER'S NO. 2653
No. 1921 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY NAILOR, MARSICO, SHAPIRO, SWANGER, BENNINGHOFF,
CAUSER, EVERETT, GABIG, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, HELM,
HORNAMAN, ROAE AND VULAKOVICH, OCTOBER 16, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 16, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
2 entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of
3 certain public officials including justices and judges of
4 Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of
5 the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia
6 Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the
7 Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor
8 General, the Attorney General and certain other State
9 officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members
10 of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent
11 acts," further providing for compensation of Governor and
12 Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of the Budget and certain
13 other Executive Department officials and for the compensation
14 of members of the General Assembly.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. Sections 3 and 4 of the act of September 30, 1983
18 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law,
19 are amended by adding subsections to read:
20 Section 3. Compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
21 State Treasurer; Auditor General; Attorney
22 General; Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public
23 Utility Commission; and heads of departments.
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2 (f) Forfeiture of salary during periods of budget impasse
3 beyond July 1.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this act
4 or other law to the contrary, during any calendar year in which,
5 by July 1 of that calendar year, no general appropriations act
6 has been enacted for the fiscal year beginning July 1 during
7 that calendar year, the persons identified under subsection (a)
8 and the Secretary of the Budget shall forfeit that portion of
9 their salaries attributable to the period from July 1 of that
10 calendar year to the date on which a general appropriation act
11 for that fiscal year is enacted.
12 Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
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14 (e) Forfeiture of salary during periods of budget impasse
15 beyond July 1.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this act
16 or other law to the contrary, during any calendar year in which,
17 by July 1 of that calendar year, no general appropriations act
18 has been enacted for the fiscal year beginning July 1 during
19 that calendar year, the persons identified under subsections (a)
20 and (b) shall forfeit that portion of their salaries
21 attributable to the period from July 1 of that calendar year to
22 the date on which a general appropriation act for that fiscal
23 year is enacted.
24 Section 2. This act shall apply to all persons identified
25 under sections 3(f) and 4(a) and (b) of the act who are elected
26 or appointed to their respective offices after the effective
27 date of this section.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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