PRINTER'S NO. 647
No. 598 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY VAN HORNE, TRELLO, IRVIS, MOWERY, FOSTER, NOYE,
KUKOVICH, VEON, GODSHALL, HECKLER, PRESTON, BURD, HALUSKA,
OLASZ, FARGO, SEVENTY, COLAFELLA AND WOZNIAK, MARCH 3, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MARCH 3, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 22, 1935 (P.L.233, No.99), entitled "An
2 act creating and establishing a fund for the care,
3 maintenance, and relief of aged, retired, and disabled
4 employees of the Bureau of Police in cities of the second
5 class; providing a pension fund for said employees; and
6 providing for the payment of certain dues, fees, assessments,
7 fines, and appropriations thereto; regulating membership
8 therein; creating a board for the management thereof;
9 providing the amount, mode, and manner of payment to
10 beneficiaries thereof, and for the care and disposition of
11 said fund; providing for the payment into this fund by cities
12 of the second class of all monies heretofore payable into any
13 other funds, organizations, corporations, or associations
14 having the same or similar purposes, and of such additional
15 monies as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
16 this act," further providing for payments by the city and
17 contributions by members into the fund.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 2 of the act of May 22, 1935 (P.L.233,
21 No.99), referred to as the Second Class City Policemen Relief
22 Law, amended June 25, 1947 (P.L.919, No.383) and June 28, 1955
23 (P.L.210, No.66), is amended to read:
24 Section 2. Such fund shall consist of, and to it shall be
25 transferred and paid--
1 (1) All disciplinary fines imposed upon the policemen of
2 such city.
3 (2) The income from any and all trust funds which may
4 hereafter be established by gift for the benefit of such persons
5 as are eligible to be beneficiaries under this fund.
6 (3) The dues of the members of the fund as hereinafter
7 stipulated.
8 (4) All donations and appropriations of money, from whatever
9 source, which shall be made to the fund.
10 (5) All monies heretofore required to be paid by cities of
11 the second class to the organization or association,
12 constituting and having in charge the distribution of police
13 pension funds in such cities.
14 (6) Sums to be annually paid into said fund by each city of
15 the second class, in amounts sufficient to [maintain the
16 pensions or compensations and service increments due under this
17 act.] meet the minimum obligation of the municipality with
18 respect to the pension plan pursuant to the act of December 18,
19 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205), known as the "Municipal Pension Plan
20 Funding Standard and Recovery Act." The public authorities of
21 every city of the second class, charged with the disbursements,
22 expenditures, and appropriations thereof, shall annually set
23 aside, apportion, and appropriate out of all taxes and income of
24 the said cities unto the fund hereby created, a sum sufficient
25 to [maintain the pensions or compensation and service increments
26 due under this act, and to carry out the provisions of this act]
27 meet that minimum obligation of the municipality.
28 [(7) Contributions by members to the fund shall be applied
29 annually to pension payments made from the fund where the total
30 contributions by members are insufficient to meet pension
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1 payments due. The governing body of the municipality shall
2 appropriate sufficient moneys to meet the obligations of the
3 fund in the event that the appropriations made by the city are
4 over and above the annual requirements of the fund. Such
5 surpluses shall be returned by the pension fund to the general
6 fund of the city.]
7 Section 2. Section 10 of the act, amended June 28, 1955
8 (P.L.210, No.66) and November 9, 1965 (P.L.687, No.334), is
9 amended to read:
10 Section 10. [Each] Except to the extent that subsection (c)
11 of section 607 of the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005,
12 No.205), known as the "Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard
13 and Recovery Act," applies, each member in active service shall
14 be required--
15 (1) To contribute to said fund six per centum of his rated
16 monthly salary or wages, which shall be deducted from his salary
17 or wages, by the city controller from the payroll for the last
18 half of each month, and paid into the fund.
19 (2) Substitute employees of the Bureau of Police, as
20 classified under subsection (1) of section 8 hereof, shall be
21 credited for pension and paid on the basis of actual days served
22 in the Bureau of Police.
23 (3) Regular and substitute employees shall serve at least
24 one day in each month in order to be credited for one month's
25 service for pension under this act.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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