PRINTER'S NO. 1204
No. 986 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, SCARNATI, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, ORIE, DINNIMAN, GREENLEAF, REGOLA, PIPPY, BOSCOLA, VANCE, WAUGH, D. WHITE, EARLL, PICCOLA, ARMSTRONG, BRUBAKER, COSTA, ROBBINS, BAKER, RHOADES, WONDERLING AND WOZNIAK, JUNE 20, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 20, 2007
AN ACT 1 Providing for banning bonuses provided to Commonwealth employees 2 that are granted outside of standard payroll procedures. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Short title. 6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Bonus Ban 7 Act. 8 Section 2. Definitions. 9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall 10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the 11 context clearly indicates otherwise: 12 "Bonus." Any monetary compensation given to an employee 13 above and beyond the employee's annual salary. The term does not 14 include reimbursement for mileage and expenses for official 15 business. 16 "Government entity." The term includes the General Assembly,
1 the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, the courts 2 of common pleas, the Commonwealth Court, the Superior Court, the 3 Supreme Court, the Governor's Office and all departments and 4 agencies under the control of the Governor's Office. 5 "Payroll procedures." Any procedure established in writing 6 within a government entity to govern payroll and salary 7 compensation. 8 Section 3. Payroll procedure. 9 All government entities must establish a written procedure 10 detailing the criteria which merits the dispensation of a bonus, 11 including the amount permitted to be dispensed. 12 Section 4. Bonus ban. 13 All government entities shall not dispense a bonus outside of 14 their established payroll procedures. 15 Section 5. Penalty. 16 Employees of government entities receiving compensation 17 outside of their established payroll procedures shall reimburse 18 their employer for the full amount of the bonus. 19 Section 6. Effective date. 20 This act shall take effect in 60 days. F18L71JKL/20070S0986B1204 - 2 -