PRINTER'S NO. 354
No. 332 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, MANMILLER, FEE, D. R. WRIGHT, COCHRAN,
DeWEESE, ZELLER AND ZITTERMAN, FEBRUARY 20, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 21, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903, No.362), entitled "An
2 act authorizing cities of the third class to establish an
3 optional retirement system for officers and employes
4 independently of any pension system or systems existing in
5 such cities," providing for certain military service credit
6 for employe retirement other than city-paid firemen and
7 police.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 12, act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903,
11 No.362), entitled "An act authorizing cities of the third class
12 to establish an optional retirement system for officers and
13 employes independently of any pension system or systems existing
14 in such cities," is amended to read:
15 Section 12. (a) The time of service herein specified shall
16 be computed from the time of the first or original service to
17 the city, and need not be continuous.
18 (b) With the approval of council, all members of the pension
19 fund who are contributors and who served in the armed forces of
20 the United States subsequent to September 1, 1940, and who were
1 not members of the pension fund prior to such military service,
2 shall be entitled to have full service credit for each year or
3 fraction thereof, not to exceed five (5) years of such service
4 upon their payment to the pension fund of an amount equal to
5 that which they would have paid had they been members during the
6 period for which they desire credit, and their payment to such
7 fund of an additional amount as the equivalent of the
8 contributions of the city plus any interest the city would have
9 been required to pay on the contributions on account of such
10 military service: Provided, That the member has three (3) years
11 of city service subsequent to such military service: Provided,
12 further, That he is not entitled to receive, eligible to receive
13 now or in the future, or is receiving retirement benefits for
14 such service under a retirement system administered and wholly
15 or partially paid for by any other governmental agency.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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