HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1022, 1234 PRINTER'S NO. 1814
No. 811 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, ROBBINS, STOUT AND WOZNIAK,
JUNE 28, 2005
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 12, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 31, 1971 (P.L.398, No.96), entitled
2 "An act providing for the creation, maintenance and operation
3 of a county employes' retirement system, and imposing certain
4 charges on counties and providing penalties," further
5 providing for transfers between certain classes and for
6 additional class options.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 7 of the act of August 31, 1971 (P.L.398,
10 No.96), known as the County Pension Law, is amended by adding a
11 subsection to read:
12 Section 7. County Employes' Retirement Fund; Transfers
13 Between Classes.--* * *
14 (h) (1) This subsection applies to members of the
15 retirement system who were employed by the county for any time
16 period after December 31, 1971, and before January 1, 1997, and
17 who transferred from a one-eightieth class to a one-sixtieth
18 class on January 1, 1997.
1 (2) The board may, by rule, authorize the one-sixtieth class
2 to be applied retroactively to the employe's credit service or
3 any portion thereof.
4 (3) Whenever the board has, by rule, authorized the members
5 of the retirement system to make a transfer described in this
6 subsection, the county annuity shall be calculated in accordance
7 with section 14(c) with the one-sixtieth class. Notwithstanding
8 the provisions of section 14(c), if the board adopts the
9 retroactivity provision in paragraph (2), the county annuity for
10 all periods of service shall be calculated at the one-sixtieth
11 class rate.
12 (4) The board may adopt rules pursuant to this subsection
13 until December 31, 2006 JUNE 30, 2007. <--
14 Section 2. Section 7.1 of the act, added December 16, 2003
15 (P.L.236, No.43), is amended to read:
16 Section 7.1. Additional Class Options; Transfers to
17 Additional Classes.--(a) The board may, by rule, establish a
18 one-fiftieth class or a one-fortieth class with a required
19 member contribution rate of nine per cent for each class unless
20 the board establishes a different contribution rate in
21 accordance with section 7(e).
22 (b) The board may, by rule, authorize the class adopted
23 pursuant to this section to be applied retroactively to the
24 employe's credit service or any portion thereof.
25 (c) Whenever the board has, by rule, authorized the members
26 of the retirement system to make a transfer to the one-fiftieth
27 class or the one-fortieth class, the county annuity shall be
28 calculated in accordance with section 14(c) with the new classes
29 added. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14(c), if the
30 board adopts the retroactivity provision in subsection (b), the
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1 county annuity for all periods of service shall be calculated at
2 the one-fiftieth class rate or one-fortieth class rate, as the
3 case may be.
4 (d) The board may adopt rules pursuant to this section [at
5 any time within the twelve-month period following the effective
6 date of this section] until December 31, 2006 JUNE 30, 2007. <--
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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