| PRINTER'S NO. 1629 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 52 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, COX, KNOWLES, BLOOM, METCALFE, RAPP, AUMENT, CLYMER, CUTLER, DAY, DENLINGER, EVERETT, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HELM, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, LAWRENCE, MACKENZIE, MARSICO, MCGINNIS, MILLER, MOUL, REGAN, ROAE, ROCK, SAYLOR, SWANGER AND TALLMAN, APRIL 30, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 30, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20commissions shall be determined," eliminating authority for
21the fair share fee for employees of Commonwealth entities;
22and relieving certain employee organizations of certain
23duties and obligations.
24The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25hereby enacts as follows:
26Section 1. The definitions of "Commonwealth" and "public
1employer" in section 2215 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
2No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, added July
313, 1988 (P.L.493, No.84), are amended to read:
4Section 2215. Fair Share Fee; Payroll Deduction.--(a) As
5used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have
6the meanings given to them in this subsection:
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8["Commonwealth" shall mean the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
9including any board, commission, department, agency or
10instrumentality of the Commonwealth.]
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12"Public employer" shall mean [the Commonwealth of
13Pennsylvania or] a school entity.
14* * *
15Section 2. No collective bargaining agreement made after the
16effective date of this section by any Commonwealth entity as
17formerly defined in section 2215 of the act nor any extension of
18an existing collective bargaining agreement made after the
19effective date of this section may require payment of a fair
20share fee to the exclusive representative by a nonmember of the
21exclusive representative.
22Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.