Bill Text: PA HB1057 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for increases in compensation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-24 - Referred to RULES [HB1057 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1057-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1240
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1057 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, CREIGHTON, HARRIS, MUSTIO, ROAE AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 24, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 24, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 10, 1968 (1967 P.L.925, No.417),
entitled "An act relating to officers and employes of the
General Assembly; fixing the number, qualifications,
compensation, mileage and duties of the officers and employes
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives; providing
for their election or appointment, term of office, or of
service, removal and manner of filling vacancies; fixing the
salary of the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau;
providing for compilation of lists of employes," providing
for increases in compensation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of January 10, 1968 (1967 P.L.925,
No.417), referred to as the Legislative Officers and Employes
Law, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 57. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no
employe of a legislative agency shall receive any cost-of-living
increase, meritorious increment or other increase in salary or
compensation during the calendar year beginning January 1, 2009.
(b) If an employe changes jobs during the calendar year
beginning January 1, 2009, the employing agency may increase the
salary or compensation of the employe during the year only if
the classification of the subsequent job provides for a higher
salary or compensation than the previous job.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "legislative
agency" means any of the following:
(1) The Senate.
(2) The House of Representatives.
(3) The Capitol Preservation Committee.
(4) The Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
(5) The Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control
and Conservation Committee.
(6) The Joint State Government Commission.
(7) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
(8) The Legislative Data Processing Committee.
(9) The Independent Regulatory Review Commission.
(10) The Legislative Reference Bureau.
(11) The Local Government Commission.
(12) The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.
(13) The Legislative Reapportionment Commission.
(14) The Legislative Office for Research Liaison.
(15) The Legislative Audit Advisory Commission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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