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Legal Opinion

Cabinet Salaries

Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General

Decided December 29, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

GORNISH, Attorney General, LILIEN, Deputy Attorney General,

You have requested our opinion as to whether cabinet officers may receive salary increases during their terms of office. It is our opinion and you are so advised that those cabinet officers1 named in the Administrative Code who require Senate confirmation are public officers for purposes of Article III, §27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, and as such are prohibited from receiving salary increases while in office.2

Article III, §27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution (formerly Article III, §13) provides: “No law shall extend the term of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Richie v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  2. Vega v. BURGETTSTOWN BOROUGH.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Foreman v. HampsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Commonwealth v. MoffittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  5. Commonwealth v. LikeleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

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