PRINTER'S NO. 372
No. 340 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, CIMINI, TRELLO, LOGUE, ARMSTRONG, SWEET
AND BITTINGER, FEBRUARY 15, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 15, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 31, 1971 (P.L.398, No.96), entitled
2 "An act providing for the creation, maintenance and operation
3 of a county employes' retirement system, and imposing certain
4 charges on counties and providing penalties," further
5 providing credits for military service.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 13, act of August 31, 1971 (P.L.398,
9 No.96), known as the "County Pension Law," is amended to read:
10 Section 13. Credit for Military Service; Payments into Fund;
11 Reimbursement.--(a) Any county employe who, on or after
12 September 16, 1940 has been employed by the county for a period
13 of six months and who, on or subsequent to such date, shall have
14 enlisted or been inducted into the military service of the
15 United States in time of war, armed conflict or national
16 emergency, so proclaimed by the President or the Congress of the
17 United States, shall have credited to his employment record, for
18 retirement benefits, all of the time spent by him in such
19 military service during the continuance of such war, armed
1 conflict or national emergency; and, such payments as were
2 heretofore or shall hereafter be required to be made during such
3 period by such county employe into the fund shall be paid into
4 the fund by the county. Any employes who have made payments into
5 the fund for which payments the county is liable shall be
6 reimbursed by the county to the full extent of such payments, or
7 be given credit towards future employe payments.
8 (b) With the approval of the commissioners, all members of
9 the fund who are contributors and who served in the armed forces
10 of the United States subsequent to September 1, 1940, and who
11 were not members of the fund prior to such military service,
12 shall be entitled to have full service credit for each year or
13 fraction thereof, not to exceed five years of such service upon
14 their payment to the fund of an amount equal to that which they
15 would have paid had they been members during the period for
16 which they desire credit, and their payment to such fund of an
17 additional amount as the equivalent of the contributions of the
18 county plus any interest the county would have been required to
19 pay on the contributions on account of such military service:
20 Provided, That the member has three years of county service
21 subsequent to such military service: Provided, further, That he
22 is not entitled to receive, eligible to receive now or in the
23 future, or is receiving retirement benefits for such service
24 under a retirement system administered and wholly or partially
25 paid for by any other governmental agency.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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