Pennsylvania HB 2317: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing for Department of Labor and Industry to collect fees.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3091
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2317
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY D'ORSIE, ROAE, HAMM, M. JONES, BERNSTINE,
ZIMMERMAN, ANDERSON AND WALSH, MARCH 25, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 26, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in Commonwealth agency fees, further providing
for Department of Labor and Industry to collect fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 613-A(c) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
amended to read:
Section 613-A. Department of Labor and Industry to Collect
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Fees.--* * *
(c) The following apply:
(1) Beginning one year after the effective date of this
section, and annually thereafter, all fees listed in this
section shall increase at the rate of inflation as outlined in
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the
Northeast Region for the most recent 12-month period for which
the figures have been reported by the United States Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the rate of inflation
does not increase, all fees shall remain the same as they were
for the previous year. The department shall publish fee
increases in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall expire upon the effective date of
this paragraph. The fees specified in the Bureau of Occupational
and Industrial Safety Fee Schedule Update of the department,
published at 55 Pa.B. 7826 (November 8, 2025), shall remain in
effect after the expiration of paragraph (1).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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