PRINTER'S NO. 1869
No. 1489 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY FLICK, J. L. WRIGHT, DISTLER, RICHARDSON, VROON,
FOX, LANGTRY, HERSHEY AND E. Z. TAYLOR, JUNE 26, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 26, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for membership on the Public
3 School Employees' Retirement Board and for the voting rights
4 of members.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 8501(a) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 8501. Public School Employees' Retirement Board.
10 (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an
11 independent administrative board and shall consist of [15] 17
12 members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the State
13 Treasurer, ex officio; two Senators; two members of the House of
14 Representatives; the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania
15 School Boards Association, ex officio; two to be appointed by
16 the Governor, at least one of whom shall not be a school
17 employee or an officer or employee of the State; three to be
18 elected by the active professional members of the system from
19 among their number; one to be elected by annuitants from among
1 their number; one to be elected by the active nonprofessional
2 members of the system from among their number; and [one] three
3 to be elected by members of Pennsylvania public school boards
4 from among their number. The appointments made by the Governor
5 shall be confirmed by the Senate and each election shall be
6 conducted in a manner approved by the board. The terms of the
7 appointed and nonlegislative elected members shall be three
8 years. The members from the Senate shall be appointed by the
9 President pro tempore of the Senate and shall consist of one
10 member from the majority and one member from the minority. The
11 members from the House of Representatives shall be appointed by
12 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall consist of
13 one member from the majority and one member from the minority.
14 The legislative members shall serve on the board for the
15 duration of the terms for which they were elected [and shall not
16 vote on any measure]. The chairman of the board shall be elected
17 by the board members. Each ex officio member of the board may
18 appoint a duly authorized designee to act in his stead.
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20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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