PRINTER'S NO. 21

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 18 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY RICHARDSON, IRVIS, LINTON, FATTAH, PRESTON, CARN,
           DEAL, EVANS, ROEBUCK, DeWEESE AND KUKOVICH, JANUARY 28, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 28, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205),
     2     entitled "An act mandating actuarial funding standards for
     3     all municipal pension systems; establishing a recovery
     4     program for municipal pension systems determined to be
     5     financially distressed; providing for the distribution of the
     6     tax on the premiums of foreign fire insurance companies; and
     7     making repeals," prohibiting investments in corporations
     8     doing business in the Republic of South Africa or Namibia.

     9     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    10  hereby enacts as follows:
    11     Section 1.  The act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205),
    12  known as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and
    13  Recovery Act, is amended by adding a section to read:
    14  Section 404.  Prohibited investments.
    15     (a)  Republic of South Africa or Namibia.--No funds of any
    16  municipal pension plan shall be invested in any stock or
    17  obligation of any corporation doing business, either by itself
    18  or through any subsidiary or affiliate, in the Republic of South
    19  Africa or Namibia.
    20     (b)  Divestment.--Any municipal pension plan having funds


     1  invested as described in subsection (a), on the effective date
     2  of this section, shall divest itself of such investment within
     3  one year.
     4     (c)  Enforcement.--It is the duty of the commission to
     5  enforce this section, as provided in section 307.
     6     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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