PRINTER'S NO. 1194
No. 1040 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY O'CONNELL AND O'BRIEN, APRIL 16, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 21, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 29, 1956 (P.L.1804, No.600), entitled
2 "An act providing for the establishment of police pension
3 funds or pension annuities in certain boroughs, towns and
4 townships, and the regulation and maintenance thereof;
5 providing for an actuary; continuance of existing funds or
6 transfer thereof to funds herein established; prescribing
7 rights of beneficiaries; contributions by members; providing
8 for expenses of administration; continuation of existing
9 authority to provide annuity contracts; credit for military
10 service, refunds; exempting allowances from judicial process;
11 and repealing certain acts," further providing for
12 eligibility for and payment of pensions.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The act of May 29, 1956 (P.L.1804, No.600),
16 entitled "An act providing for the establishment of police
17 pension funds or pension annuities in certain boroughs, towns
18 and townships, and the regulation and maintenance thereof;
19 providing for an actuary; continuance of existing funds or
20 transfer thereof to funds herein established; prescribing rights
21 of beneficiaries; contributions by members; providing for
22 expenses of administration; continuation of existing authority
23 to provide annuity contracts; credit for military service;
1 refunds; exempting allowances from judicial process; and
2 repealing certain acts," is amended by adding a section to read:
3 Section 5.1. Any police officer previously employed as a
4 full-time police officer by one municipality who comes under the
5 terms of this act by virtue of an increase in the number of
6 full-time police officers employed by his municipality who
7 retires or has retired subsequent to January 1, 1970 and upon
8 attainment of age sixty-five, without fulfilling the length of
9 service requirements under this act, or any full-time police
10 officer who, because of his age at the time of his employment is
11 prevented from fulfilling the length of service requirements
12 under this act, shall receive a proportionate pension based upon
13 his years of service.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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