PRINTER'S NO. 1853

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 1467 Session of 2003

        INTRODUCED BY T. STEVENSON, BAKER, BELFANTI, BUNT, CAPPELLI,
           CAUSER, CRUZ, DALEY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FICHTER,
           FORCIER, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GOODMAN,
           GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARRIS, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS,
           MARSICO, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, NAILOR, O'NEILL,
           PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PRESTON, READSHAW, ROSS, SCAVELLO,
           SOLOBAY, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
           WATSON, WEBER, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 22, 2003

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 22, 2003

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further regulating termination of
     3     annuities.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 5301(d) of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 5301.  Mandatory and optional membership.
     9     * * *
    10     (d)  Return to service.--An annuitant who returns to service
    11  as a State employee shall resume active membership in the system
    12  as of the effective date of employment, except as otherwise
    13  provided in section [5706(a)] 5706(a) and (d) (relating to
    14  termination of annuities), regardless of the optional membership
    15  category of the position.

     1     * * *
     2     Section 2.  Section 5706 of Title 71 is amended by adding a
     3  subsection to read:
     4  § 5706.  Termination of annuities.
     5     * * *
     6     (d)  Exception.--An annuitant may return to State service as
     7  a certified instructor in the Municipal Police Officers'
     8  Education and Training Program, as provided in 53 Pa.C.S. § 2161
     9  (relating to establishment of program and scope of subchapter),
    10  without being subject to the cessation of annuity provisions in
    11  subsection (a), provided that the annuitant shall not receive
    12  credit for such service and further provided that no member
    13  contributions nor employer contributions shall be credited to
    14  the annuitant's savings account for service authorized under
    15  this subsection.
    16     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.










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