PRINTER'S NO. 507
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
483
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ROAE, WATSON, KNOWLES, TALLMAN, SIMMONS, GROVE,
McGINNIS, GILLEN, CONKLIN, B. MILLER AND KORTZ,
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 14, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
entitled "An act establishing salaries and compensation of
certain public officials including justices and judges of
Statewide courts, judges of courts of common pleas, judges of
the Philadelphia Municipal Court, judges of the Philadelphia
Traffic Court, district justices and the Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor
General, the Attorney General and certain other State
officers and the salary and certain expenses of the members
of the General Assembly; and repealing certain inconsistent
acts," further providing for compensation of members of the
General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(d) and (d.1) of the act of September
30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official
Compensation Law, are amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
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(d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
members.--[For] Except as provided under subsection (e), for the
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12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, through November 30,
1998, and for each like 12-month period thereafter, the salary
of the members of the General Assembly shall be increased by an
annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland area, for the most recent 12-month period for which
figures have been officially reported by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately
prior to the date the adjustment is due to take effect, to the
then current salary amounts. The percentage increase and the new
salary amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of
the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
prior to the annual effective date of the adjustment and shall
be published by them in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten
days of the date such determination is made.
(d.1) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
officers and leaders.--[For] Except as provided under subsection
(e), for the 12-month period beginning December 1, 1997, through
November 30, 1998, and for each like 12-month period thereafter,
the additional compensation of the officers and leaders of the
General Assembly shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living
adjustment calculated by applying the percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area, for the
most recent 12-month period for which figures have been
officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics immediately prior to the date the
adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current
compensation. The percentage increase and the new compensation
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amounts shall be determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the
Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives prior
to the annual effective date of the adjustment and shall be
published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days
immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase taking effect.
(e) Moratorium on annual cost-of-living adjustment.--The
compensation of members, officers and leaders of the General
Assembly may not be increased by an annual cost-of-living
adjustment under subsections (d) and (d.1) for the period
beginning December 1, 2017, through November 30, 2020. Notice of
the provisions of this subsection shall be published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin prior to December 1, 2017.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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