THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, D. COSTA, GEIST, HEFFLEY, HESS, KNOWLES, KORTZ, SWANGER AND TURZAI, JULY 26, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JULY 26, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,

as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class

and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and

changing the laws relating thereto," in employees' retirement

system, defining "county detective" and further providing for

county employee retirement allowances.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1701 of the act of July 28, 1953

(P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, is

amended by adding a definition to read:

Section 1701.  Definitions.--The following words and phrases

as used in this article shall be construed to have the following

meaning:

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"County detective," a detective that is employed by a

district attorney's office.

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Section 2.  Section 1710(b) of the act, amended June 18, 1998

(P.L.693, No.89), is amended to read:

Section 1710.  Employes Eligible for Retirement Allowances.--

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(b)  Every present or future county employe, other than a

member of the police force or the fire department or a fire

inspector [or a], sheriff [or], deputy sheriff or county

detective, who has reached the age of sixty years or upwards and

who has to his or her credit a period of service of twenty years

or more, and every county employe who is a member of the police

force or the fire department or is a fire inspector or a county

detective, and who shall have been a county employe during a

period of twenty or more years and has reached the age of fifty

years or upwards shall, upon application to the board, be

eligible for retirement from service, and shall thereafter

receive, during life, except as hereinafter provided, a

retirement allowance plus a service increment if any, in

accordance with the provisions of section 1712. Every county

officer or employe who is a sheriff, deputy sheriff, prison

guard or probation officer who shall have been a county officer

or employe during a period of twenty or more years and has

reached the age of fifty-five years or upward, shall, upon

application to the board, be eligible for retirement from

service and shall thereafter receive, during life, except as

hereafter provided, a retirement allowance in accordance with

section 1712. The time spent in the employ of the county or

county institution district need not necessarily have been

continuous: Provided, That when any county employe has twenty or

more years service, not necessarily continuous, and has not

reached the age of sixty years or upwards, and shall be

separated from the service of the county or county institution

district by reason of no cause or act of his or her own, upon

application to the board he or she shall thereafter receive,

during life, except as hereinafter provided, a retirement

allowance plus a service increment if any, in accordance with

the provisions of section 1713. The aforesaid retirement

allowance plus a service increment if any, shall be subject to a

suspension thereof in accordance with the provisions of

subsection (h) of this section 1710 and subsection (c) of

section 1712.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.