PRINTER'S NO. 2549
No. 1924 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, TRELLO, COWELL, MARKOSEK, J. L. WRIGHT,
McVERRY, HALUSKA, LEVDANSKY, STABACK, PISTELLA, HOWLETT AND
LANGTRY, NOVEMBER 25, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 25, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," providing for an
5 additional member on the retirement board.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1703 of the act of July 28, 1953
9 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, is
10 amended to read:
11 Section 1703. Retirement Board.--The retirement system shall
12 be under the sole direction of a board, which shall consist of
13 the county commissioners, the treasurer, the controller, [and]
14 two persons elected by ballot from among the members of the
15 retirement system, one to serve for two years and one for four
16 years, and one person elected by ballot from among former county
17 employes currently receiving retirement allowances, to serve for
18 four years. Following the completion of the initial terms, the
19 stated terms of such members shall be four years. Ballots shall
1 be mailed to each member of the retirement system, or to each
2 former county employe currently receiving a retirement
3 allowance, respectively, at least twenty (20) days prior to the
4 date of the election. A vacancy occurring during the term of any
5 member of the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by
6 the appointment or election of a successor in the same manner as
7 his predecessor. A majority of the members of the board shall
8 constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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