Bill Text: PA SB231 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Defining "veteran"; and further providing for composition of the State Civil Service Commission.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [SB231 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB231-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 200
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 231 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, BAKER, FOLMER, SMUCKER, ALLOWAY, CORMAN, ROBBINS, ORIE, YAW, VOGEL, TARTAGLIONE, KASUNIC, WAUGH, WOZNIAK, SOLOBAY, ARGALL, GREENLEAF AND RAFFERTY, JANUARY 24, 2011
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 24, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), entitled
"An act regulating and improving the civil service of certain
departments and agencies of the Commonwealth; vesting in the
State Civil Service Commission and a Personnel Director
certain powers and duties; providing for classification of
positions, adoption of compensation schedules and
certification of payrolls; imposing duties upon certain
officers and employes of the Commonwealth; authorizing
service to other State departments or agencies and political
subdivisions of the Commonwealth in matters relating to civil
service; defining certain crimes and misdemeanors; imposing
penalties; making certain appropriations, and repealing
certain acts and parts thereof," defining "veteran"; and
further providing for composition of the State Civil Service
Commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752,
No.286), known as the Civil Service Act, is amended by adding a
definition to read:
Section 3. Definition of Terms.--In this act, unless the
context otherwise clearly requires,--
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(x) "Veteran" means an individual who served in the United
States Armed Forces, including a reserve component or National
Guard and who was discharged or released from service under
conditions other than dishonorable.
Section 2. Section 201 of the act, amended November 27, 2002
(P.L.1129, No.140), is amended to read:
Section 201. State Civil Service Commission.--(a) The State
Civil Service Commission shall consist of three full-time
members, not more than two of whom shall be of the same
political affiliation, appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of a majority of the members elected to the
Senate. Each appointment shall be for a term of six years or
until a successor is appointed and qualified. The members of the
commission shall hold no other public position to which a salary
is attached. The Governor shall designate one of the members as
chairman. No commission member shall hold any office or
position, the duties of which are incompatible with his official
duties. At least one member of the commission shall be a
veteran, as defined in section 3.
(b) The chairman of the commission shall receive a salary of
sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000.00) per annum. Each other
member of the commission shall receive a salary of sixty-two
thousand five hundred dollars ($62,500.00) per annum.
(b.1) The commissioners shall receive annual cost-of-living
increases under section 3(e) of the act of September 30, 1983
(P.L.160, No.39), known as the "Public Official Compensation
Law." Each commissioner shall be entitled to receive actual
traveling expenses.
(c) Any person appointed as a member of the commission shall
be a citizen and legal resident of the Commonwealth for a period
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of not less than one year who is in sympathy with modern
personnel methods and the application of merit principles to
public employment. No person who, within one year preceding his
appointment, has been an officer of a political party shall be
eligible to serve as a commissioner. The Governor may remove any
member of the commission, but only for incompetence,
inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance or misfeasance in
office by giving such member a statement in writing of the
charges against him and affording him, after notice of not less
than ten days, an opportunity of making written answer and, upon
request, being publicly heard in person and by counsel. A copy
of the charges and answer of the Governor's findings and a
transcript of the record shall be filed with the secretary of
the commission.
Section 3. The amendment of sections 3 and 201 of the act
shall apply to commission appointments made after the effective
date of this section.
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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