PRINTER'S NO. 503

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 483 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY O'BRIEN, McGEEHAN, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, TRELLO,
           KENNEY AND J. TAYLOR, JANUARY 31, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 31, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the class of
     3     service for bail commissioners.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 5306 of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 5306.  Classes of service.
     9     (a)  Class A membership.--A State employee who is a member of
    10  Class A on the effective date of this part or who becomes a
    11  member of the system subsequent to the effective date of this
    12  part shall be classified as a Class A member and receive credit
    13  for Class A service upon payment of regular and additional
    14  member contributions for Class A service.
    15     (b)  Other class membership.--A State employee who is a
    16  member of a class of service other than Class A on the effective
    17  date of this part shall retain his membership in that class
    18  until such service is discontinued; any service thereafter shall

     1  be credited as Class A service. Notwithstanding any other
     2  provision of this section, a State employee who is appointed
     3  bail commissioner of the Philadelphia Municipal Court under 42
     4  Pa.C.S. § 1123(a)(5) (relating to jurisdiction and venue) may
     5  within 30 days of the effective date of this sentence or within
     6  30 days of his initial appointment as a bail commissioner,
     7  whichever is later, elect Class E-2 service credit for service
     8  performed as a bail commissioner after the effective date of
     9  this sentence. This class of service multiplier for E-2 service
    10  as a bail commissioner shall be 1.5.
    11     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1995, or
    12  immediately, whichever is later.












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