Regular Session 2015-2016 Senate Bill 0644 P.N. 1089

HOUSE AMENDED

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 758, 801, 841

PRINTER'S NO. 1089

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, WHITE, WARD AND ALLOWAY,

APRIL 16, 2015

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 23, 2015

AN ACT

Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in Independent Fiscal Office, further

providing for DEFINITIONS, 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:

SECTION 1. SECTION 4102 OF TITLE 71 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA

CONSOLIDATED STATUTES IS AMENDED BY ADDING A DEFINITION TO READ:

§ 4102. DEFINITIONS.

THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN USED IN THIS ACT SHALL

HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION UNLESS THE

CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:

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"PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT." THE TERMS OF

BARGAINING BETWEEN A PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND AN EMPLOYEE

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ORGANIZATION WHICH:

(1) APPLY TO WAGES, HOURS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

EMPLOYMENT, BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

(2) ARE:

(I) REDUCED TO WRITING.

(II) AGREED UPON BY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES OF

THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION.

(III) SUBMITTED FOR ACCEPTANCE AS A CONTRACT TO THE

PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION.

SECTION 2. SECTION 4104(A) OF TITLE 71 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 FISCAL YEAR AND REMAINING 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 3. 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.--The Office of

Administration and the Office of the Budget shall:

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(1) Submit to the office at least ten 20 days, excluding

weekends and holidays, in advance of its execution copies of

each proposed collective bargaining agreement under the

jurisdiction of the Governor and the last best offers

associated with the proposed collective bargaining agreement .

(2) Concurrent with each submission under paragraph (1),

provide the office with a detailed cost analysis of the

proposed collective bargaining agreement. The analysis shall

compare the collective bargaining agreement in effect at the

time of submission to projections for the proposed collective

bargaining agreement for the current fiscal year and the five

subsequent fiscal years REMAINING SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS IN

THE AGREEMENT . The analysis shall include:

(i) The number of employees covered by the

agreement, by fund.

(ii) Wages and salaries, by fund.

(iii) Employer costs for employee benefits,

including pension contributions, by fund.

(iv) A summary of the changes to paid leave, working

hours, working conditions or any other term of employment

in the proposed collective bargaining agreement and the

projected cost of such changes, by fund.

(v) A statement explaining the data, assumptions and

methodology used to make the projections.

(3) Within four days, excluding weekends and holidays,

of a request by the director, provide the office with any

information, data, statistics or analysis determined by the

director to be necessary to fulfill the office ' s obligations

under section 4104(a)(8) (relating to duties of office).

Section 3 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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