PRINTER'S NO. 505
No. 474 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, O'PAKE, WAGNER, MUSTO, STOUT, WOZNIAK,
COSTA, KITCHEN, KUKOVICH, LOGAN, PUNT, RHOADES, SCHWARTZ,
TARTAGLIONE AND C. WILLIAMS, MARCH 12, 2003
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 12, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for permanent
3 cost-of-living increases for retirees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 24 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 8348.8. Supplemental annuities commencing 2004.
9 (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity
10 payment after July 1, 2004, any eligible benefit recipient shall
11 be entitled to receive a further additional monthly supplemental
12 annuity from the system. This shall be in addition to the
13 supplemental annuities provided for in sections 8348 (relating
14 to supplemental annuities), 8348.1 (relating to additional
15 supplemental annuities), 8348.2 (relating to further additional
16 supplemental annuities), 8348.3 (relating to supplemental
17 annuities commencing 1994), 8348.4 (relating to special
18 supplemental postretirement adjustment), 8348.5 (relating to
1 supplemental annuities commencing 1998), 8348.6 (relating to
2 supplemental annuities commencing 2002) and 8348.7 (relating to
3 supplemental annuities commencing 2003).
4 (b) Amount of supplemental annuity.--The amount of the
5 supplemental annuity payable pursuant to this section shall be
6 an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for
7 Urban Wage Earners for the immediately preceding calendar year.
8 (c) Payment.--The supplemental annuity provided under this
9 section shall be paid automatically unless the annuitant files a
10 written notice with the board requesting that the additional
11 monthly supplemental annuity not be paid.
12 (d) Conditions.--The supplemental annuity provided under
13 this section shall be payable under the same terms and
14 conditions as provided under the option plan in effect as of
15 July 1, 2004.
16 (e) Benefits to beneficiaries or survivors.--No supplemental
17 annuity provided under this section shall be payable to the
18 beneficiary or survivor annuitant of a member who dies before
19 July 1, 2004.
20 (f) Funding.--
21 (1) Notwithstanding section 8328 (relating to actuarial
22 cost method), the additional liability for the increase in
23 benefits provided in this section shall be funded in annual
24 installments increasing by 5% each year over a period of 20
25 years beginning July 1, 2004.
26 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of
27 , 2004 (P.L. , No. A), known as the General Appropriation
28 Act of 2004, regarding payment for cost-of-living increases
29 for annuitants, payments for cost-of-living increases for
30 annuitants shall be made under section 8535 (relating to
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1 payments to school entities by Commonwealth).
2 (g) Eligible benefit recipient.--As used in this section,
3 the term "eligible benefit recipient" means a person who is
4 receiving a superannuation, withdrawal or disability annuity on
5 July 1, 2004, and whose most recent effective date of retirement
6 is prior to July 1, 2003, but the supplemental annuities
7 provided under this section shall not be payable to an annuitant
8 receiving a withdrawal annuity prior to the first day of July
9 coincident with or following the annuitant's attainment of
10 superannuation age.
11 Section 2. Title 71 is amended by adding a section to read:
12 § 5708.9. Supplemental annuities commencing 2004.
13 (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity
14 payment after June 30, 2004, any eligible benefit recipient
15 shall be entitled to receive a supplemental monthly annuity from
16 the system. This shall be in addition to the supplemental
17 annuities provided for in sections 5708 (relating to
18 supplemental annuities), 5708.1 (relating to additional
19 supplemental annuities), 5708.2 (relating to further additional
20 supplemental annuities), 5708.3 (relating to supplemental
21 annuities commencing 1994), 5708.5 (relating to supplemental
22 annuities commencing 1998) 5708.6 (relating to supplemental
23 annuities commencing 2002), 5708.7 (relating to supplemental
24 annuities commencing 2003) and the special supplemental
25 postretirement adjustments provided for in sections 5708.4
26 (relating to special supplemental postretirement adjustment) and
27 5708.8 (relating to special supplemental postretirement
28 adjustment of 2002).
29 (b) Amount of supplemental annuity.--The amount of the
30 supplemental annuity payable pursuant to this section shall be
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1 an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for
2 Urban Wage Earners for the immediately preceding calendar year.
3 (c) Payment.--The supplemental annuity provided under this
4 section shall be paid automatically unless the annuitant files a
5 written notice with the board requesting that the additional
6 monthly supplemental annuity not be paid.
7 (d) Conditions.--The supplemental annuity provided under
8 this section shall be payable under the same terms and
9 conditions as provided under the option plan in effect as of
10 July 1, 2004.
11 (e) Benefits paid to beneficiaries or survivors.--No
12 supplemental annuity provided under this section shall be
13 payable to the beneficiary or survivor annuitant of a member who
14 dies before July 1, 2004.
15 (f) Funding.--Notwithstanding section 5508(e) (relating to
16 actuarial cost method), the additional liability for the
17 increase in benefits provided in this section shall be funded in
18 annual installments increasing by 5% each year over a period of
19 20 years beginning July 1, 2004.
20 (g) Eligible benefit recipient.--As used in this section,
21 the term "eligible benefit recipient" means a person who is
22 receiving a superannuation, withdrawal or disability annuity on
23 July 1, 2004, and whose most recent effective date of retirement
24 is prior to July 1, 2003, but the supplemental annuities
25 provided under this section shall not be payable to an annuitant
26 receiving a withdrawal annuity prior to the first day of July
27 coincident with or following the annuitant's attainment of
28 superannuation age.
29 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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