Bill Text: PA HB1561 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for compensation of members of the General Assembly.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 24-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-18 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB1561 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1561-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1912
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1561 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY FARRY, AUMENT, CLYMER, EVERETT, GROVE, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, F. KELLER, LAWRENCE, MARSHALL, MASSER, MULLERY, MUSTIO, PETRI, QUINN, ROAE, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, MAY 18, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 18, 2011
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 of the act of September 30, 1983
(P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official Compensation Law,
is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
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(e) Health care coverage contribution.--Members of the
General Assembly shall contribute to the cost of their health
insurance plan. The amount of the contribution shall be
calculated annually and collected as a monthly payroll
deduction. The annual rate of contribution shall be a percentage
of the annual cost of the member's health insurance plan premium
and shall be as follows:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2012, through December 31,
2012, members shall annually contribute 5% of the premium.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2013, through December 31,
2014, members shall annually contribute 8% of the premium.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2015, through December 31,
2016, members shall annually contribute 11% of the premium.
(4) Beginning January 1, 2017, through December 31,
2018, members shall annually contribute 14% of the premium.
(5) Beginning January 1, 2019, through December 31,
2020, members shall annually contribute 17% of the premium.
(6) Beginning January 1, 2021, and for each year
thereafter, members shall annually contribute 20% of the
premium.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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