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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, McILVAINE SMITH, MILNE, MUNDY, MURT, MUSTIO, SAINATO, SANTONI AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 19, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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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," providing for refusal of benefits. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. The act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), |
15 | known as the Public Official Compensation Law, is amended by |
16 | adding a section to read: |
17 | Section 5.3. Refusal of benefits. |
18 | (a) Option of benefits.--Notwithstanding any other provision |
19 | of law, a person elected or appointed to a State-level public |
20 | office shall be given the following: |
21 | (1) The option of receiving reimbursement for expenses |
22 | or travel which is funded in whole or in part by the |
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1 | Commonwealth. |
2 | (2) The option of receiving funding from any retirement |
3 | system funded in whole or in part by the Commonwealth. |
4 | (3) The option of receiving health care benefits as a |
5 | form of compensation for service funded in whole or in part |
6 | by the Commonwealth. |
7 | (4) The option of receiving a vehicle allowance funded |
8 | in whole or in part by the Commonwealth. |
9 | (b) Form.--The following entities shall develop a form as |
10 | follows for accepting or refusing the options under subsection |
11 | (a), which must be completed within 30 days of the date of |
12 | swearing in: |
13 | (1) The Bipartisan Management Committee for the |
14 | legislative branch. |
15 | (2) The State Department for the executive branch. |
16 | (3) The Chief Clerk's Office of the Commonwealth Court |
17 | for the judicial branch. |
18 | (c) Irrevocability.--Upon return of the form to the |
19 | respective entity under subsection (b), if the person chooses to |
20 | not receive an option to receive under subsection (a), the |
21 | person's choices shall be irrevocable for the period of their |
22 | time in office for all elected or appointed terms. If the person |
23 | chooses to receive an option under subsection (a), the person |
24 | may reverse that choice at any time, except that once the choice |
25 | to not receive an option under subsection (a) is made, it shall |
26 | be irrevocable for the period of their time in office for all |
27 | elected or appointed terms. |
28 | (d) Public record.--All information stated in the form shall |
29 | be considered a public record under section 2 of the act of |
30 | February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. |
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1 | Section 2. The addition of section 5.3 of the act shall |
2 | apply to persons elected or employed on or after the effective |
3 | date of this section. |
4 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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