PRINTER'S NO. 451
No. 430 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY A. K. HUTCHINSON, FEBRUARY 9, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 9, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
2 "An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
3 revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
4 providing for the vesting of pension benefits after twenty
5 years of service.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 4302, act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932,
9 No.317), known as "The Third Class City Code," reenacted and
10 amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164) and amended November 25,
11 1970 (P.L.754, No.246), is amended to read:
12 Section 4302. Retirement; Final Discharge.--Such ordinance
13 shall prescribe a minimum period of continuous service, not less
14 than twenty years, and, when any minimum age is prescribed, a
15 minimum age of fifty years, after which members of the force may
16 retire from active duty, and such members as are retired shall
17 be subject to service, from time to time, as a police reserve
18 until unfitted for such service, when they may be finally
19 retired by reason of age or disability.
1 With the approval of council, any member of the police
2 pension fund who is a contributor and who served in the armed
3 forces of the United States subsequent to September 1, 1940, and
4 who was not a member of the police pension fund prior to such
5 military service, shall be entitled to have full credit for each
6 year or fraction thereof, not to exceed five years of such
7 service upon his payment to the police pension fund of an amount
8 equal to that which he would have paid had he been a member
9 during the period for which he desires credit, and his payment
10 to such fund of an additional amount as the equivalent of the
11 contributions of the city on account of such military service.
12 Any individual who completes twenty years of service, shall,
13 upon separation from service for any reason, be entitled to
14 leave any pension benefits within the pension fund and upon
15 reaching superannuation retirement age receive the appropriate
16 retirement allowance. These accumulated pension benefits shall
17 remain inviolate from any detrimental actions of council.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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