PRINTER'S NO. 861
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
727
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, ROSS, TURZAI, MAJOR, CUTLER, TOBASH,
BENNINGHOFF, REGAN, METCALFE, TRUITT, DIAMOND, BLOOM,
MILLARD, SACCONE, GREINER, DUNBAR, LAWRENCE, QUIGLEY,
KAUFFMAN, TOPPER, COX, EMRICK, TOEPEL, F. KELLER, SAYLOR,
GABLER, A. HARRIS, GINGRICH, HELM, TALLMAN, GROVE, SANKEY,
MALONEY, HICKERNELL, MENTZER, CHRISTIANA, McGINNIS,
EVANKOVICH, KILLION, KNOWLES, SIMMONS, JAMES, MASSER, FEE,
MURT, HENNESSEY, TOOHIL, BARRAR, GILLESPIE, EVERETT, MOUL,
ROAE AND RAPP, MARCH 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Titles 24 (Education), 51 (Military Affairs) and 71
(State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,
in Title 24, in preliminary provisions, further providing for
definitions and construction and providing for references; in
retirement membership, contributions and benefits, further
providing for mandatory and optional membership, for credited
school service, for waiver of adjustments and for classes of
service, for elections, for eligibility points, for
eligibility for annuities, for eligibility for refunds, for
pickup contributions, for member contributions, for
contributions for purchase of credit, for annual compensation
limit, for contributions by Commonwealth, for payments by
employers, for actuarial cost method, for appropriations by
Commonwealth, for return of accumulated deductions, for
single life annuity, for disability annuities, for
termination of annuities and payment of benefits; providing
for school employees' defined contribution plan; in
administrative and miscellaneous provisions, further
providing for the Public School Employees' Retirement Board,
for administrative duties of board, for health insurance, for
advisory and reporting duties, for application and election
duties, for duties of employers, for rights and duties of
school employees and members, for management of fund and
accounts, for Public School Employees' Retirement Fund, for
State accumulation account, for annuity reserve account, for
State guarantee, for taxation, for attachment and assignment
of funds, for approval of domestic relations orders, for
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