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This bill amends the Public Official Compensation Law to modify cost-of-living adjustments for members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and their leadership. The bill preserves the existing mechanism for annual salary increases based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland area, but adds two key provisions. First, it maintains the previous suspension of cost-of-living adjustments for the period from December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Second, the bill clarifies that members of the General Assembly and their leadership can choose to reject their cost-of-living increase by providing written notice to the appropriate Chief Clerk at least ten days before the adjustment takes effect, and this rejection is irrevocable for the remainder of their current term of office. The bill also makes some minor technical corrections to the language, such as changing "paragraph" to "paragraphs" to account for the new optional rejection provision. The legislation will take effect 60 days after its enactment, providing transparency and flexibility in how legislative compensation adjustments are handled.

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