Bill Text: PA HB1418 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for public employees organizing, forming, joining or assisting employee organizations and for subjects of bargaining for certain public employees; and making related repeals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-28 - Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY [HB1418 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1418-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1692
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1418 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, EMRICK, AUMENT, BEAR, BLOOM, BOYD, CHRISTIANA, COX, CREIGHTON, DAY, DENLINGER, GROVE, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KRIEGER, LAWRENCE, METCALFE, MILLER, MOUL, PERRY, ROAE, SACCONE, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, STERN, SWANGER AND TALLMAN, APRIL 28, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 28, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
"An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
providing penalties for violations; and establishing
procedures for implementation," further providing for public
employees organizing, forming, joining or assisting employee
organizations and for subjects of bargaining for certain
public employees; and making related repeals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 401 and 705 of the act of July 23, 1970
(P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act,
are amended to read:
Section 401. It shall be lawful for public employes to
organize, form, join or assist in employe organizations or to
engage in lawful concerted activities for the purpose of
collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection or to
bargain collectively through representatives of their own free
choice and such employes shall also have the right to refrain
from any or all such activities[, except as may be required
pursuant to a maintenance of membership provision in a
collective bargaining agreement].
Section 705. (a) Membership dues deductions and maintenance
of membership are proper subjects of bargaining for public
employes subject to the conditions of section 805, 806 and 1001
with the proviso that as to the latter, the payment of dues and
assessments while members, may be the only requisite employment
condition.
(b) Membership dues deduction and maintenance of membership
shall not be subjects of bargaining for other public employes
covered under this act, provided that collective bargaining
agreements entered into after the effective date of this
subsection with such employes shall not contain such provisions.
Section 2. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeals under
paragraph (2) are necessary to effectuate this act.
(2) The following are repealed:
(i) Section 2215(c) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
1929.
(ii) Section 4(a) of the act of June 2, 1993
(P.L.45, No.15), known as the Public Employee Fair Share
Fee Law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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