fee basis or any person paid directly by an entity other than a
State Employees' Retirement System employer, and shall include
members of the General Assembly, and any officer or employee of
the following:
(1) (i) The Department of Education.
(ii) State-owned educational institutions.
(iii) Community colleges.
(iv) The Pennsylvania State University, except an
employee in the College of Agriculture who is paid wholly
from Federal funds or an employee who is participating in
the Federal Civil Service Retirement System. The
university shall be totally responsible for all employer
contributions under section 5507 (relating to
contributions to the system by the Commonwealth and other
employers) and all employer defined contributions to the
trust under section 5806 (relating to employer defined
contributions).
(2) The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Delaware
River Port Authority, the Port Authority Transit Corporation,
the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, the Delaware River
Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the State Public School
Building Authority, The General State Authority, the State
Highway and Bridge Authority[,] and the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission[,] and the Interstate Commission
of the Delaware River Basin[, and the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission] any time subsequent to its creation, provided the
commission or authority agrees to contribute and does
contribute to the fund or trust, from time to time, the
moneys required to build up the reserves necessary for the
payment of the annuities or other benefits of such officers
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