PRINTER'S NO. 481
No. 438 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, M. E. MILLER, JR. AND ZELLER,
FEBRUARY 11, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 11, 1975
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 changing minimum pensions.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4303, act of June 23,
8 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known as "The Third Class City Code,"
9 reenacted and amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164) and
10 amended May 9, 1961 (P.L.178, No.88), is amended to read:
11 Section 4303. Allowances and Service Increments.--(a)
12 Payments for allowances shall not be a charge on any other fund
13 in the treasury of the city or under its control save the police
14 pension fund herein provided for. The basis of the apportionment
15 of the pension shall be determined by the rate of the monthly
16 pay of the member at the date of injury, death, honorable
17 discharge, or retirement, or the highest average annual salary
18 which the member received during any five years of service
19 preceding injury, death, honorable discharge, or retirement,
1 whichever is the higher, and except as to service increments
2 provided for in subsection (b) of this section, shall not [in
3 any case exceed] in any year be less than one-half the annual
4 pay of such member computed at such monthly or average annual
5 rate, whichever is the higher.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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