THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, COSTA, TARTAGLIONE, SOLOBAY, FONTANA, M. WHITE, BREWSTER, SCHWANK, YUDICHAK AND FERLO, OCTOBER 2, 2012

REFERRED TO FINANCE, OCTOBER 2, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending the act of September 23, 1959 (P.L.970, No.400),

entitled "An act providing for the creation, maintenance and

operation of an employes' retirement system in cities of the

second class A, and imposing certain charges on cities of the

second class A and school districts in cities of the second

class A," further providing for credit for military service.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 12 of the act of September 23, 1959

(P.L.970, No.400), referred to as the Second Class A City

Employe Pension Law, amended July 15, 1968 (P.L.342, No.167), is

amended to read:

Section 12.  Credit for Military Service; Payment into Fund;

Reimbursement.--Any city employe who, on or after September 16,

1940, has been employed by the city for a period of six months

and who, on or subsequent to such date, shall have enlisted or

been inducted into the military service of the United States in

time of war, armed conflict or national emergency so proclaimed

by the President or the Congress of the United States, shall

have credited to his employment record, for retirement benefits,

all of the time spent by him in such military service during the

continuance of such war, armed conflict, or national emergency,

and such payments as were heretofore or shall hereafter be

required to be made during such period by such city employe into

the city employes' retirement fund shall be paid into such fund

by the city. Any employes who have made payments into the city

employes' retirement fund, for which payments the city is liable

under the provisions of this act, shall be reimbursed by the

city to the full extent of such payments or be given credit

towards future payments under this act.

Any member of the pension fund who is a contributor and who

served in the armed forces of the United States subsequent to

September 1, 1940, and who was not a member of the pension fund

prior to such military service, and who commenced employment in

city service [within three years from] after the date of release

from active duty, [may, as the city or school district shall

determine,] shall be entitled to have full credit for each year

or fraction thereof, not to exceed five years of such service

upon his payment to the pension fund an amount equal to that

which he would have paid had he been a member during the period

for which he desires credit, computed with reference to the

compensation he received upon entry into city service and his

current percentage of salary deductions, and an additional

amount as the equivalent of the contributions of the city and

school district on account of such military service, which

amount may be paid in a lump sum or by installments as may be

approved by the board.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.