PRINTER'S NO. 1606
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
52
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, METCALFE, RAPP, BLOOM, KNOWLES,
KAUFFMAN, EVERETT, WARD, MACKENZIE, HICKERNELL, SCHEMEL,
McGINNIS, SAYLOR, IRVIN, GROVE, MENTZER, B. MILLER, LAWRENCE,
ZIMMERMAN AND KEEFER, MAY 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MAY 1, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," in powers and duties of the
Department of Labor and Industry, its departmental
administrative and advisory boards and departmental
administrative officers, eliminating authority for the fair
share fee for employees of Commonwealth entities; and
relieving certain employee organizations of certain duties
and obligations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "Commonwealth" and "public
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employer" in section 2215 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, are amended
to read:
Section 2215. Fair Share Fee; Payroll Deduction.--(a) As
used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings given to them in this subsection:
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["Commonwealth" shall mean the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
including any board, commission, department, agency or
instrumentality of the Commonwealth.]
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"Public employer" shall mean [the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or] a school entity.
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Section 2. No collective bargaining agreement made after the
effective date of this section by any Commonwealth entity as
formerly defined in section 2215 of the act nor any extension of
an existing collective bargaining agreement made after the
effective date of this section may require payment of a fair
share fee to the exclusive representative by a nonmember of the
exclusive representative.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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