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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1503

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1122 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, ORIE, WAUGH, WONDERLING, CORMAN,
           GREENLEAF, McILHINNEY, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BROWNE, SCARNATI,
           REGOLA AND GORDNER, OCTOBER 25, 2007

        REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 25, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
     2     "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
     3     executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
     4     Executive Department thereof and the administrative
     5     departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
     6     including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
     7     Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
     8     authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
     9     departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
    10     duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
    11     officers, and of the several administrative departments,
    12     boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
    13     Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
    14     and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
    15     certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
    16     other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
    17     and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
    18     number and compensation of the deputies and all other
    19     assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
    20     commissions shall be determined," prohibiting the furlough of
    21     Commonwealth employees.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  Section 223 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
    25  No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by
    26  adding a subsection to read:
    27     Section 223.  Payday.--* * *

     1     (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a general
     2  appropriation act for a fiscal year is not enacted before the
     3  beginning of that fiscal year, all employes of the Commonwealth
     4  shall be considered to be critical and essential employes and
     5  may not be furloughed because of the failure to enact a general
     6  appropriation act for a fiscal year. No employes of the
     7  Commonwealth shall be furloughed based on any categorization or
     8  distinction not expressly provided for in law.
     9     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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