PRINTER'S NO. 401

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 388 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY ULIANA, SALVATORE, BRIGHTBILL, MADIGAN, ANDREZESKI
           AND RHOADES, FEBRUARY 1, 1995

        REFERRED TO FINANCE, FEBRUARY 1, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 14, 1988 (P.L.1192, No.147),
     2     entitled "An act requiring municipal retirement systems to
     3     pay special ad hoc postretirement adjustments to certain
     4     retired police officers and firefighters; providing for the
     5     financing of these adjustments; providing for the
     6     administration of the Commonwealth's reimbursements for these
     7     adjustments; and making repeals," further providing for
     8     modifications in amount of postretirement adjustment.

     9     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    10  hereby enacts as follows:
    11     Section 1.  Section 302(c) of the act of December 14, 1988
    12  (P.L.1192, No.147), known as the Special Ad Hoc Municipal Police
    13  and Firefighter Postretirement Adjustment Act, is amended to
    14  read:
    15  Section 302.  Amount of special ad hoc adjustment.
    16     * * *
    17     (c)  Modification in amount of postretirement adjustment.--
    18  [If] In a municipality where, as of the most recent actuarial
    19  valuation prepared under the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005,
    20  No.205), known as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard


     1  and Recovery Act, the actuarial value of aggregated assets as a
     2  percentage of the aggregated actuarial accrued liabilities of
     3  the municipality's retirement systems is less than 50%, if a
     4  retiree entitled to receive a special ad hoc municipal police
     5  and firefighters postretirement adjustment will receive a
     6  postretirement adjustment from the applicable municipal police
     7  or paid firefighters [pension plan] retirement system after the
     8  effective date of this act, the amount of the special ad hoc
     9  postretirement adjustment under subsection (a) shall be reduced
    10  by the total amount of any municipal postretirement adjustment.
    11     * * *
    12     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.












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