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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, BLOOM, BOYD, CUTLER, DeLUCA, GROVE, HARRIS, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, MARSICO, MASSER, MUNDY, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH, MOUL, NEILSON, SWANGER AND METCALFE, JUNE 13, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 13, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of July 8, 1978 (P.L.752, No.140), entitled "An |
2 | act providing for the forfeiture of the pensions of certain |
3 | public employees and authorizing the State or political |
4 | subdivision to garnish the pension benefits of certain public |
5 | officers and employees upon conviction of certain criminal |
6 | activity related to their office or position of employment," |
7 | further providing for definitions, for disqualification and |
8 | forfeiture of benefits and for restitution for monetary loss. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. Section 2 of the act of July 8, 1978 (P.L.752, |
12 | No.140), known as the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act, is |
13 | amended by adding a definition to read: |
14 | Section 2. Definitions. |
15 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
16 | have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the |
17 | meanings given to them in this section: |
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19 | "Felony offense." Any crime classified as a felony under the |
20 | laws of Pennsylvania or a Federal offense punishable by a term |
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1 | of imprisonment greater than one year. |
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3 | Section 2. Sections 3(a) and 4(a) of the act are amended to |
4 | read: |
5 | Section 3. Disqualification and forfeiture of benefits. |
6 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no public |
7 | official or public employee nor any beneficiary designated by |
8 | such public official or public employee shall be entitled to |
9 | receive any retirement or other benefit or payment of any kind |
10 | except a return of the contribution paid into any pension fund |
11 | without interest, if such public official or public employee is |
12 | convicted or pleads guilty or no defense to any felony offense |
13 | or crime related to public office or public employment. |
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15 | Section 4. Restitution for monetary loss. |
16 | (a) Whenever any public official or employee who is a member |
17 | of any pension system funded by public moneys is convicted or |
18 | pleads guilty or pleads no defense in any court of record to any |
19 | felony offense or crime related to a public office or public |
20 | employment, the court shall order the defendant to make complete |
21 | and full restitution to the Commonwealth or political |
22 | subdivision of any monetary loss incurred as a result of the |
23 | criminal offense. |
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25 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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