PRINTER'S NO. 3040
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2549
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, FRANKEL, CEPHAS, SANCHEZ AND DALEY,
APRIL 26, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 26, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), entitled
"An act specifically authorizing collective bargaining
between policemen and firemen and their public employers;
providing for arbitration in order to settle disputes, and
requiring compliance with collective bargaining agreements
and findings of arbitrators," further providing for fees and
costs associated with arbitration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8 of the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237,
No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective
Bargaining Act, is amended to read:
Section 8. [The compensation, if any, of the arbitrator
appointed by the policemen or firemen shall be paid by them. The
compensation of the other two arbitrators, as well as all
stenographic and other expenses incurred by the arbitration
panel in connection with the arbitration proceedings, shall be
paid by the political subdivision or by the Commonwealth, as the
case may be.] (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), the
public employer and the policemen or firemen who are engaged in
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the collective bargaining shall bear the costs of their
respective appointed arbitrators, witnesses, including actuary
or expert witnesses, and attorneys in an arbitration proceeding.
(b) The reasonable fees and costs associated with the
neutral third arbitrator and the stenographic and other expenses
not governed under subsection (a) shall be divided as follows:
(1) One-half of the fees and costs shall be paid by the
public employer.
(2) One-half of the fees and costs shall be paid by the
policemen and firemen who are engaged in the collective
bargaining.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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