County of Dauphin v. Pennsylvania Social Service Union

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

In March. 1974, the County of Dauphin entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Pennsylvania Social Service Union which provided reimbursement for the use by employees of their personal auto-bile at the rate of 14^ per mile with an escalation clause based on the cost of gasoline. By November 1975, the agreement being still in effect, the effective rate of reimbursement for the use of automobiles was 18‡ per mile.

By the Act of May 31, 1974, P.L. 308, effective immediately, the General Assembly added a Section 414 to The County Code.1 The new provision was…