PRINTER'S NO. 120
No. 126 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, THOMPSON AND SLOCUM, JANUARY 12, 1999
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 12, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), entitled
2 "An act specifically authorizing collective bargaining
3 between policemen and firemen and their public employers;
4 providing for arbitration in order to settle disputes, and
5 requiring compliance with collective bargaining agreements
6 and findings of arbitrators," further providing compensation
7 of arbitrators.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 8 of the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237,
11 No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective
12 Bargaining Act, is amended to read:
13 Section 8. The compensation, if any, of the arbitrator
14 appointed by the policemen or firemen shall be paid by them. The
15 compensation of the [other two arbitrators] arbitrator appointed
16 by the public employer, as well as all stenographic and other
17 expenses incurred by the arbitration panel in connection with
18 the arbitration proceedings, shall be paid by the political
19 subdivision or by the Commonwealth, as the case may be. The
20 compensation, if any, of the third arbitrator shall be paid by
1 the party who requests the appointment of a board of
2 arbitration.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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