PRINTER'S NO. 1811
No. 1384 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, REIBMAN, HELFRICK, HESS AND HAGER,
APRIL 14, 1982
REFERRED TO FINANCE, APRIL 14, 1982
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for membership on the Public
3 School Employees' Retirement Board.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8501(a) of Title 24, act of November 25,
7 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 § 8501. Public School Employees' Retirement Board.
10 (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an
11 independent administrative board and shall consist of [11] 15
12 members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the State
13 Treasurer, ex officio; two Senators; two members of the House of
14 Representatives; the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania
15 School Boards Association, ex officio; two to be appointed by
16 the Governor, at least one of whom shall not be a school
17 employee or an officer or employee of the State; three to be
18 elected by the active professional members of the system from
1 among their number; one to be elected by annuitants from among
2 their number; one to be elected by the active nonprofessional
3 members of the system from among their number; and one to be
4 elected by members of Pennsylvania public school boards from
5 among their number. The appointments made by the Governor shall
6 be confirmed by the Senate and each election shall be conducted
7 in a manner approved by the board. The terms of the appointed
8 and nonlegislative elected members shall be three years. The
9 members from the Senate shall be appointed by the President pro
10 tempore of the Senate and the members from the House of
11 Representatives shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
12 of Representatives. The legislative members shall serve on the
13 board for the duration of the terms for which they were elected
14 and shall not vote on any measure. The chairman of the board
15 shall be elected by the board members. Each ex officio member of
16 the board may appoint a duly authorized designee to act in his
17 stead.
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19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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