Pennsylvania Act 1991-5 — LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES LAW - AMEND REESTABLISHING AND EXPANDING

Act text

Session of 1991

No. 1991-5

SB 523

AN ACT

Amending the act of January 10, 1968 (1967 P.L.925, No.417), entitled "An act relating to officers and employes of the General Assembly; fixing the number, qualifications, compensation, mileage and duties of the officers and employes of the Senate and of the House of Representatives; providing for their election or appointment, term of office, or of service, removal and manner of filling vacancies; fixing the salary of the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau; providing for compilation of lists of employes," reestablishing and expanding the membership of the Senate Committee on Management Operations; and further providing for the compensation of the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1.1 of the act of January 10, 1968 (1967 P.L.925, No.417), referred to as the Legislative Officers and Employes Law, added July 12, 1981 (P.L.266, No.90) is reenacted and amended to read:

Section 1.1. There is hereby created the Senate Committee on Management Operations which will be composed of the President pro tempore who shall be chairman, the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, the Majority Whip, the Minority Whip, the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, the Minority Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, the Majority Caucus Administrator and the Minority Caucus Administrator of the Senate.

Section 2. Section 49 of the act is repealed.

Section 3. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 49.1. The annual salary of the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall be determined jointly by the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 23rd day of May, A. D. 1991.

ROBERT P. CASEY