AUTHORIZING DEDUCTIONS FROM SALARIES OF STATE EMPLOYES FOR GROUP LIFE INSURANCE Act of Jul. 19, 1951, P.L. 1074, No. 231 Cl. 40 AN ACT Requiring certain officers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its departments, boards, commissions and agencies, and of the political subdivisions thereof, to deduct from the salaries, wages or other compensation payable by them to any elected or appointed officers or employes, the premiums or other charges due from such persons under various contracts of group insurance, when written authorization to make such deductions is given by any such persons; and requiring the deductions so made to be paid directly to the association or corporation furnishing such group insurance. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Any officer or officers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or its departments, boards, commissions and agencies, or of any political subdivision thereof, whose duty it is or may be to make payments or disbursements in the form of salaries, wages or other compensation to any elected or appointed officer or employe, shall, upon receipt of written authorization from any such officer or employe so to do, withhold from the salary, wages or other compensation to be paid any such officer or employe, any premium or other charge due from such officer or employe for group insurance covering life, health, hospitalization, medical, osteopathic, or dental service, or accident insurance, pursuant to any contract with any insurance company, or nonprofit hospitalization corporation, or nonprofit medical, osteopathic or dental service corporation authorized to transact business with the Commonwealth. Section 2. The duty imposed of making salary deductions as aforesaid shall extend to any premiums or other charges due under the aforesaid contracts, whether made by such officers or employes directly as members of a group, or made on behalf of such officers or employes by the Commonwealth or its departments, boards, commissions and agencies, or by any political subdivision thereof, and the deductions required to be made as aforesaid shall be paid directly by the officer or officers making such deductions to the association or corporation entitled thereto under the contract or contracts involved. Section 3. No association or corporation shall have any right to any deductions made as aforesaid until they are actually paid over to it by the officer or officers making such deductions; and neither the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nor its departments, boards, commissions and agencies, nor any political subdivision thereof, shall be subject to any liability with respect to any such deductions, except as to the amount thereof actually deducted. Section 4. Any officer or employe who has authorized the making of deductions from salary, wages or other compensation as aforesaid, may revoke the authority to make such deductions by delivering a written revocation to the officer or officers involved at least fifteen days before such revocation is to become effective; and thereupon, the officer or officers involved shall cease to make any such deduction from the salary, wages or other compensation of any such officer or employe. Section 5. The provisions of this act shall become effective immediately upon final enactment. |