PRINTER'S NO. 1737
No. 1390 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, CAPPELLI, SEIP, READSHAW, HESS,
GEORGE, KOTIK, SOLOBAY, BIANCUCCI, DALEY, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI,
FABRIZIO, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY,
KILLION, KIRKLAND, MAHONEY, SCAVELLO, VEREB, WALKO,
YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, MAY 29, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MAY 29, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for annual supplemental
3 annuities for State Police.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5708.9. Annual supplemental annuities for State Police.
9 (a) General rule.--Every annuitant who retired as an officer
10 or member of the Pennsylvania State Police and who is in receipt
11 of a superannuation, withdrawal or disability annuity shall
12 continue to receive the annuity, and beginning July 1, 2008, and
13 annually thereafter, a cost-of-living supplement shall be
14 payable to such annuitant whose annuity has been in effect for
15 at least 24 consecutive months. Any cost-of-living supplement
16 provided in this subsection shall be payable under the same
17 terms and conditions as provided under the option plan in effect
1 as of June 30 of the year preceding the adjustment. No cost-of-
2 living supplement shall be payable to an annuitant receiving a
3 withdrawal annuity prior to his attainment of superannuation
4 age.
5 (b) Amount of supplemental annuity.--The amount of the
6 annual supplemental annuity for State Police payable under this
7 section shall be 3% of the amount of the monthly annuity
8 payment.
9 (c) Cumulative benefit.--The annual supplemental annuities
10 established under subsection (a) shall be in addition to the
11 supplemental annuities provided for in sections 5708 (relating
12 to supplemental annuities), 5708.1 (relating to additional
13 supplemental annuities), 5708.2 (relating to further additional
14 supplemental annuities), 5708.3 (relating to supplemental
15 annuities commencing 1994), 5708.5 (relating to supplemental
16 annuities commencing 1998), 5708.7 (relating to supplemental
17 annuities commencing 2003) and the special supplemental
18 postretirement adjustments provided for in sections 5708.4
19 (relating to special supplemental postretirement adjustment) and
20 5708.8 (relating to special supplemental postretirement
21 adjustment of 2002).
22 (d) Source of funding.--The annual supplemental annuities
23 established under subsection (a) shall be paid from the State
24 Police benefit account identified under section 5936 (relating
25 to State Police benefit account).
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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