PRINTER'S NO. 2984

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 168 Session of 1972


        INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. SHUPNIK, WARGO, MUSTO, MEHOLCHICK,
           GALLAGHER AND O'BRIEN, MAY 31, 1972

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 31, 1972

                           In the House of Representatives, May 31, 1972


     1     WHEREAS, On June 1, 1959, Governor Lawrence signed into law
     2  sister codes compiling for the first time in the history of the
     3  Commonwealth the State Employes' Retirement Code and the Public
     4  School Employes' Retirement Code; and
     5     WHEREAS, These codifications brought together various acts,
     6  amendments and supplements which over the years represented a
     7  jerry-built administration of a most important part of the basis
     8  for assuring competent and dedicated employes for the
     9  Commonwealth and its public schools; and
    10     WHEREAS, The Joint State Government Commission, which
    11  prepared the 1959 codifications, has now completed a
    12  comprehensive review of the State Employes' Retirement System
    13  and prepared for introduction a recodification of the 1959 code,
    14  simplifying and modernizing the rights and duties arising out of
    15  that law; and
    16     WHEREAS, The Public School Employes' Retirement System has,
    17  like its sister, been the beneficiary of experiences obtained in

     1  its administration over the dozen plus years of its existence
     2  and has during that time undergone amendment without a
     3  comprehensive review of its administration and its impact upon
     4  its members; and
     5     WHEREAS, The Joint State Government Commission would be able
     6  to utilize much of its experience obtained in the review of the
     7  State Employes' Retirement System to likewise evaluate and
     8  improve the administration of the Public School Employes'
     9  Retirement System; therefore be it
    10     RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission is
    11  hereby directed to undertake a comprehensive review of the
    12  administration of the Public School Employes' Retirement System
    13  and its statutory foundation, with a view of recodifying
    14  existing law to simplify and modernize its provisions and
    15  further to report its findings and recommendations to the
    16  General Assembly, together with such proposed legislation as is
    17  necessary, to carry out the codification.









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