Bill Text: PA SB107 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requiring the posting of certain governmental salary information on the Internet.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 20-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-03 - Laid on the table [SB107 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB107-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 81, 1304 PRINTER'S NO. 1314
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 107 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, VANCE, SMUCKER, FOLMER, TOMLINSON, WOZNIAK, PIPPY, M. WHITE, ORIE, SCARNATI, EICHELBERGER, GORDNER, D. WHITE, ALLOWAY, WAUGH, KASUNIC, BRUBAKER, YAW, WARD, BAKER, LOGAN, BOSCOLA AND FERLO, JANUARY 29, 2009
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JULY 16, 2009
AN ACT
Requiring the posting of certain governmental salary information
on the Internet.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Governmental
Salary Information Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commonwealth agency." Any of the following:
(1) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Auditor General, State Treasurer and the departments,
offices, boards, authorities, commissions and other agencies
of the executive branch of the government of the
Commonwealth, whether or not subject to the supervision and
control of the Governor.
(2) The legislative branch of government of the
Commonwealth.
(3) Any court and any office of the unified judicial
system of the Commonwealth.
"Local agency." A county, township, borough, town, city,
school district, local authority, commission or other similar
entity performing a governmental function.
Section 3. Online posting of salaries.
(a) General rule.--The State Treasurer shall establish an
official Internet website where it shall post monthly the
following information concerning the officers and employees
described in section 4:
(1) Name.
(2) Title.
(3) Agency, department or other institution.
(4) Annual salary rate or other rate of compensation.
(5) Supplemental compensation for the current month. For
purposes of this section, supplemental compensation shall not
include reimbursement payments to employees for appropriate
business expenditures, or payments for unused vacation or
unused sick leave. Information submitted under this paragraph
shall be designated in writing as supplemental income.
(6) The aggregate amount of supplemental compensation
for the year.
(b) Legislative employees.--For each officer or employee of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, in addition to the
information required by section 3, the State Treasurer shall
separately indicate whether the officer or employee is paid with
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funds controlled by the majority caucus, funds controlled by the
minority caucus or funds appropriated to compensate the staff of
the officers elected by the Senate or the House of
Representatives.
(c) Data.--Each agency shall create and maintain the data
required by subsection (a) in ASCII-delimited text format, Excel
spreadsheet format or another format mutually agreed upon by the
agency and the State Treasurer. The data shall be submitted to
the State Treasurer each month.
(d) Accuracy.--Each agency is responsible for verifying the
accuracy and completeness of the information that it submits to
the State Treasurer.
Section 4. Applicability.
(a) General rule.--The provisions of section 3 shall apply
to all officers and employees of a Commonwealth agency.
(b) Redaction.--At the request of a Commonwealth agency, the
State Treasurer may redact the name of an individual who name of <--
an individual may be redacted if the individual is regularly
involved in the conduct of undercover criminal investigations if
the State Treasurer determines it agency determines the <--
redaction is necessary to protect the safety of the individual.
Section 5. Local agencies.
(a) General rule.--All local agencies shall post on their
official Internet websites, and update on a quarterly basis, the
following concerning officers and employees:
(1) Name.
(2) Title.
(3) Agency, department or other institution.
(4) Annual salary rate or other rate of compensation.
(5) Supplemental compensation for the current quarter.
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For purposes of this section, supplemental compensation shall
not include reimbursement payments to employees for
appropriate business expenditures, or payments for unused
vacation or unused sick leave.
(b) Exception.--If the local agency does not maintain an
official Internet website, the information shall be made
available electronically or in writing upon request within five
days.
(c) Notification.--Each local agency shall notify the State
Treasurer, in a form and structure prescribed by the State
Treasurer, when it has complied with this act. When applicable,
the notification shall include the main Internet website page
address where the data received pursuant to subsection (a) is
located.
(d) Directory.--The State Treasurer shall maintain an
Internet website-based directory of the local agency Internet
website page addresses received pursuant to subsection (c) on
the official Internet website created pursuant to subsection
(a).
(e) Redaction.--A local agency may redact the name of an <--
individual if the individual is regularly involved in the
conduct of undercover criminal investigations and the local
agency determines the redaction is necessary to protect the
individual's safety.
Section 6. Commercial use of data prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use the contents of
the posting of information under this act for any commercial
purpose whatsoever.
Section 7. Public information. <--
Nothing in this act shall eliminate the duty of an agency to
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provide the salary of an officer or employee of a Commonwealth
agency or a local agency under the act of February 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. However, a
Commonwealth agency or local agency shall not be required to
release any tax form required under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) or under State
or local tax law.
Section 7 8. Effective date. <--
This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or immediately,
whichever is later.
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