PRINTER'S NO. 110
No. 98 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY GALLAGHER AND BURNS, JANUARY 31, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 31, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for disability annuities.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 8344 of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
7 § 8344. Disability annuities.
8 * * *
9 (e) Disability resulting from assault.--The disability
10 annuity shall be increased by 25% if the member has sustained an
11 injury resulting from an assault or attempted assault, or from
12 maintaining or attempting to maintain discipline during the
13 course of employment. In the case of such injury, members with
14 five years or less of service shall be given the same benefits
15 as members with five to ten years of service.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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