PRINTER'S NO. 758
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
644
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, ARGALL, SCARNATI, EICHELBERGER, STEFANO,
VULAKOVICH, CORMAN, VOGEL, WAGNER, AUMENT, RAFFERTY,
HUTCHINSON, BARTOLOTTA AND WHITE, APRIL 16, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 16, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Independent Fiscal Office, further
providing for duties of office and for access to information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4104(a) of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 4104. Duties of office.
(a) Mandatory.--The office shall:
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(8) Provide a cost analysis for the current and five
subsequent fiscal years of the impact of each proposed
collective bargaining agreement under the jurisdiction of the
Governor prior to execution, including the costs to cover
public employee wages, benefits, pensions and working
conditions that have been reduced in writing under section
701 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as
the Public Employe Relations Act.
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Section 2. Section 4109 of Title 71 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 4109. Access to information.
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(g) Collective bargaining agreements.--In carrying out the
duties and functions of the office, the director is authorized
to obtain information, data, estimates, statistics and last best
offers negotiated on all proposed collective bargaining
agreements under the jurisdiction of the Governor. The Office of
Administration and the Office of the Budget shall submit to the
office at least two weeks in advance of their execution copies
of the proposed agreements so the office is able to fulfill its
obligations under section 4104(a)(8) (relating to duties of
office) prior to the execution of the collective bargaining
agreements.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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