PRINTER'S NO. 149
No. 144 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY DREIBELBIS, ZEARFOSS, LETTERMAN, KISTLER AND
M. P. MULLEN, JANUARY 28, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 28, 1975
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, authorizing payment of increased retirement
3 benefits to beneficiaries of members.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with
8 the provisions of the eleventh article thereof:
9 That section twenty-six, article three of the Constitution of
10 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be amended to read:
11 Section 26. Extra Compensation Prohibited; Claims Against
12 the Commonwealth; Pensions.--No bill shall be passed giving any
13 extra compensation to any public officer, servant, employe,
14 agent or contractor, after services shall have been rendered or
15 contract made, nor providing for the payment of any claim
16 against the Commonwealth without previous authority of law:
17 Provided, however, That nothing in this Constitution shall be
18 construed to prohibit the General Assembly from authorizing the
1 increase of retirement [allowances or pensions of] benefits
2 payable to members or beneficiaries of members of a retirement
3 or pension system now in effect or hereafter legally constituted
4 by the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, agencies or
5 instrumentalities, after the termination of the services of said
6 member.
7 Section 2. This proposed amendment shall be submitted by the
8 Secretary of the Commonwealth to the qualified electors of the
9 State at the primary or general election next held after the
10 advertising requirements of section one of article eleven of the
11 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have been
12 satisfied.
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