PRINTER'S NO. 785
No. 722 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PORTERFIELD, AFFLERBACH, REIBMAN, DAWIDA, STAPLETON, O'PAKE, MUSTO, STOUT, SCANLON, FATTAH, WILLIAMS, SHUMAKER, BELL, ANDREZESKI, MELLOW, BELAN, STEWART, REGOLI, LEWIS, BODACK, ROSS, JONES AND LINCOLN, MARCH 20, 1989
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 20, 1989
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for the collective bargaining 3 status of Pennsylvania Fish Commission officers. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 304 of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 304. Waterways patrolmen and employees. 9 (a) Appointment and compensation.--The executive director, 10 with the approval of the commission, shall, in accordance with 11 law, appoint and fix the compensation of such number of 12 waterways patrolmen and other employees as the commission deems 13 necessary to enforce and carry out the provisions of this title 14 and perform the functions and work of the commission. 15 (b) Status.--[This title does not change the status of 16 waterways patrolmen for the purposes of the act of July 23, 1970 17 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the "Public Employe Relations Act,"
1 or cause waterways patrolmen to be considered policemen for the 2 purposes of the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred 3 to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act.] For 4 the purposes of collective bargaining and compensation for work- 5 related injuries, salaried waterways patrolmen shall be deemed 6 policemen for the purposes of the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, 7 No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer Disability 8 Benefits Law, and the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), 9 referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining 10 Act. 11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C10L30VDL/19890S0722B0785 - 2 -