THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MOUL, VULAKOVICH, AUMENT, BOYD, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAVIS, DeLUCA, EVERETT, GABLER, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HELM, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, MARSHALL, MASSER, MILNE, MURT, OBERLANDER, PERRY, RAPP, READSHAW, SONNEY, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND TOEPEL, MAY 12, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 12, 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 judicial salaries, for

compensation of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State

Treasurer, Auditor General, Attorney General, Commissioners

of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and heads of

departments and for members of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Sections 2.1(i), 3(e) and 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 and amended November 16,

2005 (P.L.385, No.72), are amended and the sections are amended

by adding subsections to read:

Section 2.1.  Judicial salaries.

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(i)  Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--[Beginning] Except as

provided in subsection (i.1), beginning January 1, 1997, and

each January 1 thereafter, the annual salaries under subsections

(a) through (h) shall be increased by 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. The percentage increase and

salary amounts shall be determined prior to the annual effective

date of the adjustment by the Supreme Court and shall be

published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by the Court

Administrator of Pennsylvania within 20 days of the date the

determination is made.

(i.1)  Adjustment freeze.--The adjustment provided under

subsection (i) shall not occur during the period beginning when

this subsection takes effect and ending December 31, 2012.

Section 3.  Compensation of Governor and Lieutenant Governor;

State Treasurer; Auditor General; Attorney General;

Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission; and heads of departments.

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(e)  Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--[Beginning] Except as

provided in subsection (e.1), beginning January 1, 1997, and

each January 1 thereafter, the stated annual salaries of the

Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the

Auditor General, the Attorney General and the heads of the

departments and members of boards and commissions denoted herein

shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living increase

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 authorized. The percentage increase and the salary

amounts shall be determined by the Governor prior to the annual

effective date of the adjustment and shall be published by the

Secretary of the Budget in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten

days of the date the determination is made.

(e.1)  Adjustment freeze.--The adjustment provided under

subsection (e) shall not occur during the period beginning when

this subsection takes effect and ending December 31, 2012.

Section 4.  Members of the General Assembly.

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(d)  Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustment for

members.--[For] Except as provided in subsection (d.2), 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 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 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] Except as provided in subsection

(d.2), 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 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 and the new compensation

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 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days

immediately prior to each cost-of-living increase taking effect.

(d.2)  Adjustment freeze.--The adjustment provided under

subsections (d) and (d.1) shall not occur during the period

beginning when this subsection takes effect and ending November

30, 2012.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.