Bill Text: PA HB2268 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-01 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2268 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2268-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3241
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2268 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY BRADFORD, BRENNAN, CONKLIN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, MUSTIO, READSHAW, SANTARSIERO, SWANGER AND WATERS, MARCH 1, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 1, 2010
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 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, reenacted November 16, 2005 (P.L.385, No.72),
are amended to read:
Section 4. Members of the General Assembly.
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(d) Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for
members.--For the 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 or decreased 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 or decrease 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 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
or decreased 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 or decrease and the new compensation amounts shall be
determined jointly by the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the
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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.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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