Bill Text: PA HB441 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for judicial salaries, for executive salaries and for legislative salaries.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-04 - Referred to APPROPRIATIONS [HB441 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB441-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 412
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 441 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KAVULICH, CARROLL, CHRISTIANA, CUTLER, DePASQUALE, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, MURT, SANTARSIERO, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 4, 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 executive
salaries and for legislative salaries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2.1 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), is
amended to read:
Section 2.1. Judicial salaries.
(a) Supreme Court.--The annual salary of the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court shall be $123,000, and the annual salary of
each of the other justices of the Supreme Court shall be
$119,750.
(b) Superior Court.--The annual salary of the President
Judge of the Superior Court shall be $117,750, and the annual
salary of the other judges of the Superior Court shall be
$116,000.
(c) Commonwealth Court.--The annual salary of the President
Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $117,750. The annual
salary of each of the other judges of the Commonwealth Court
shall be $116,000.
(d) Courts of common pleas.--
(1) The annual salary of a president judge of a court of
common pleas shall be fixed in accordance with the following
schedule:
(i) Allegheny County, $106,000.
(ii) Philadelphia County, $106,500.
(iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges,
$105,000.
(iv) Judicial districts having three to five judges,
$104,500.
(v) Judicial districts having one or two judges,
$104,000.
(vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with
divisions of six or more judges, $105,000.
(vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with
divisions of five or less judges, $104,500.
(viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions
of six or more judges, $105,000.
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(ix) Administrative judges of the divisions of the
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions
of five or less judges, $104,500.
(2) The other judges of the courts of common pleas shall
be paid an annual salary of $104,000.
(e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.--The President Judge of
the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall receive an annual salary
of $103,000. The annual salary for the other judges of the
Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $101,250.
(f) Philadelphia Traffic Court.--The President Judge of the
Philadelphia Traffic Court shall receive an annual salary of
$55,000. The annual salary for the other judges of the
Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $54,500.
(g) Magisterial district judges.--A magisterial district
judge shall receive an annual salary payable by the Commonwealth
of $51,500.
(h) Senior judges.--The compensation of the senior judges
pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges)
shall be $315 per day. In any calendar year the amount of
compensation which a senior judge shall be permitted to earn as
a senior judge shall not when added to retirement income paid by
the Commonwealth for such senior judge exceed the compensation
payable by the Commonwealth to a judge then in regular active
service on the court from which said senior judge retired. A
senior judge who so elects may serve without being paid all or
any portion of the compensation provided by this section.
(i) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--Beginning January 1,
1997, and [each January 1 thereafter] ending November 30, 2011,
the annual salaries under subsections (a) through (h) shall be
increased by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
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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.
Section 2. Section 3 of the act, amended October 19, 1995
(P.L.324, No.51), and reenacted and amended November 16, 2005
(P.L.385, No.72), is amended to read:
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.
(a) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and Cabinet.--The
annual salaries of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the
heads of the departments shall be as follows: Governor,
$125,000; Lieutenant Governor, $105,000; Adjutant General,
$90,000; Secretary of Aging, $95,000; Secretary of Agriculture,
$90,000; Secretary of Banking, $90,000; Secretary of Community
and Economic Development, $95,000; Secretary of the
Commonwealth, $90,000; Secretary of Education, $100,000;
Secretary of Environmental Protection, $100,000; Secretary of
General Services, $95,000; Secretary of Health, $100,000;
Insurance Commissioner, $90,000; Secretary of Labor and
Industry, $100,000; Secretary of Public Welfare, $100,000;
Secretary of Revenue, $95,000; State Police Commissioner,
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$95,000; Secretary of Transportation, $100,000; Secretary of
Corrections, $100,000; Secretary of Conservation and Natural
Resources $95,000.
(b) Compensation of State Treasurer, Auditor General and
Attorney General.--The annual salaries of the State Treasurer,
Auditor General and Attorney General shall be as follows: State
Treasurer, $104,000; Auditor General, $104,000; Attorney
General, $104,000.
(b.1) Compensation of members of boards and commission.--The
annual salaries of the members of boards and commission shall be
as follows: member of the Liquor Control Board, $48,800;
Chairman of the Liquor Control Board, $50,800; member of the
Civil Service Commission, $40,625; Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission, $40,625; member of the State Tax Equalization Board,
$16,250; Chairman of the State Tax Equalization Board, $17,500;
member of Milk Marketing Board, $15,625; Chairman of Milk
Marketing Board, $16,250; member of the Securities Commission,
$15,000; Chairman of the Securities Commission, $16,250; member
of the Athletic Commission, $12,500; Chairman of the Athletic
Commission, $13,125; member of the Board of Pardons, $11,500;
Chairman of the Board of Claims, $84,800; member of the Board of
Claims, $80,800.
(c) Additional compensation prohibited.--Neither the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Auditor General
or Attorney General nor the head of any administrative
department nor member of any board or commission referenced
herein, shall receive any additional compensation for any
services rendered to the Commonwealth in any capacity.
(d) Compensation of commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission.--Each of the commissioners of the
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall receive an annual
salary commensurate with the annual salary received by the
Secretary of Commerce, except the chairman, who shall receive an
additional $2,500 per year.
(e) Annual cost-of-living adjustment.--Beginning January 1,
1997, and [each January 1 thereafter] ending November 30, 2011,
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.
Section 3. Section 4(d) and (d.1) of the act, 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] each 12-month period beginning December 1,
1997, through November 30, [1998, and for each like 12-month
period thereafter] 2011, the salary of the members of the
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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 [the] each 12-month period beginning
December 1, 1997, through November 30, [1998, and for each like
12-month period thereafter] 2011, 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
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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 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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