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March 22, 2007
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Pileggi Announces "State Salary Information Act"

HARRISBURG – Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) today announced legislation requiring the state Treasurer to post salary information for all state employees on an official web site.

"State employees are paid with public funds, and the public should be able to review how its money is spent," Sen. Pileggi said. "This is part of our ongoing drive to make all three branches of state government more open and accessible."

Known as the State Salary Information Act, Sen. Pileggi's bill would apply to salary information for all employees of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government. Under this legislation, the Treasurer would post the name, title, agency, salary, and any supplemental payments for each employee.

Information for legislative employees would also include the caucus or institution each employee works for. The bill calls for the information to be updated on a monthly basis.

Other reforms enacted by the Senate this year include adopting new rules which:

• Limit Senate session times to between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.
• Require amendments to be posted to the Internet before they may be offered on the Senate floor.
• Establish a six-hour waiting period before the Senate votes on an amended bill or a conference committee report.
• Require all roll call votes from the Senate floor to be posted on the Internet within 24 hours, and all Senate committee votes to be posted within 48 hours.
• Require posting the Senate's Legislative Journal – which includes the full text of all floor debates – on the Internet within 45 days.
• Require an updated fiscal note for a bill when an amendment to that bill has a fiscal impact.