PRINTER'S NO. 431
No. 404 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, MARCH 21, 2005
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 21, 2005
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," further providing for
5 retirement allowances.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1710(h) of the act of July 28, 1953
9 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code,
10 amended January 27, 1998 (P.L.1, No.1), is amended to read:
11 Section 1710. Employes Eligible for Retirement Allowances.--
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13 (h) (1) Option I. Any present or future county employe who
14 has not reached sixty years of age, and who has to his or her
15 credit a period of at least the minimum number of years of
16 service specified in subsection (a) of this section but less
17 than twenty years of service, shall upon application to the
18 board be eligible to receive at age sixty years a retirement
19 allowance computed on a service period of twenty years, which
1 shall equal one-twentieth of such amount as he or she may be
2 eligible to receive in accordance with the provisions of
3 subsection (a) of section 1712 for each year's service which
4 such county employe may have to his or her credit during the
5 aforesaid period of time. The time spent in the employ of the
6 county or county institution district need not necessarily have
7 been continuous.
8 (2) Option II. Any present or future county employe who has
9 not reached sixty years of age, and who has to his or her credit
10 a period of the minimum number of years of service specified in
11 subsection (a) of this section but less than twenty years of
12 service, shall upon application to the board be eligible to
13 receive thereafter, a retirement computed on a service period of
14 twenty years, which shall equal one-twentieth of such amount as
15 he or she may be eligible to receive in accordance with the
16 provisions of subsection (a) of section 1712 for each year's
17 service which such county employe may have to his or her credit
18 during the aforesaid period of time. Further, the above
19 retirement allowance shall be subject to a reduction of one-half
20 of one per centum for each month under the age of sixty years.
21 In no event shall a retirement allowance be paid until the age
22 of fifty-five years is attained. The time spent in the employ of
23 the county or county institution district need not necessarily
24 have been continuous. The aforesaid retirement allowance elected
25 under Option I shall become null and void if said county or
26 county institution district employe is reemployed prior to age
27 sixty in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of
28 section 1712.
29 (3) Option III. Any present or future county employe who
30 has not reached sixty years of age, and who has to his or her
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1 credit a period of at least twenty years of service shall upon
2 application to the board be eligible to receive thereafter, a
3 retirement computed on a service period of twenty years, which
4 shall equal one-twentieth of such amount as he or she may be
5 eligible to receive in accordance with the provisions of
6 subsection (a) of section 1712 for each year's service which
7 such county employe may have to his or her credit during the
8 aforesaid period of time. Further, the above retirement
9 allowance shall be subject to a reduction of one-half of one per
10 centum for each month under the age of sixty years. In no event
11 shall a retirement allowance be paid until the age of fifty-four
12 years is attained. The time spent in the employ of the county or
13 county institution district need not necessarily have been
14 continuous. The aforesaid retirement allowance elected under
15 Option I shall become null and void if said county or county
16 institution district employe is reemployed prior to age sixty in
17 accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section
18 1712.
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20 Section 2. The amendment of section 1710(h) of the act shall
21 be retroactive to January 1, 2006.
22 Section 3. The amendment of section 1710(h) of the act shall
23 expire December 31, 2010.
24 Section 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005, or
25 immediately, whichever is later.
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