PRINTER'S NO. 3066
No. 2369 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, PISTELLA, GIGLIOTTI, OLASZ, COWELL, WALKO,
TRELLO, DERMODY, MICHLOVIC AND READSHAW, FEBRUARY 2, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 2, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," further providing for
5 eligibility for retirement allowances.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1710(a) and (b) of the act of July 28,
9 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code,
10 amended February 9, 1984 (P.L.12, No.6), May 9, 1984 (P.L.261,
11 No.61) and December 4, 1992 (P.L.776, No.121), are amended to
12 read:
13 Section 1710. Employes Eligible for Retirement Allowances.--
14 (a) Every county of the second class A employe who was
15 initially hired on or prior to the effective date of this
16 amendatory act and every county of the second class employe, who
17 has reached the age of sixty years or upwards and who has to his
18 or her credit a period of service of eight years, but less than
19 twenty years, or every county of the second class A employe who
1 was hired after the effective date of this amendatory act, who
2 has reached the age of sixty-five years or upwards and who has
3 to his or her credit a period of service of ten years, but less
4 than twenty years shall, upon application to the board, be
5 eligible for retirement from service, and shall thereafter
6 receive, during life, except as hereinafter provided, a
7 retirement allowance computed on a service period of twenty (20)
8 years which shall equal one twentieth (1/20) of such amount as
9 he or she may be eligible to receive in accordance with the
10 provisions of subsection (a) of section 1712, for each year's
11 service which such county employe may have to his or her credit
12 during the aforesaid period of time. The time spent in the
13 employ of the county or county institution district need not
14 necessarily have been continuous. The aforesaid retirement
15 allowance shall be subject to a suspension thereof in accordance
16 with the provisions of subsection (h) of this section 1710 and
17 subsection (c) of section 1712.
18 (b) Every county of the second class A employe, other than a
19 member of the police force or the fire department or a fire
20 inspector or a sheriff or deputy sheriff, who was initially
21 hired on or prior to the effective date of this amendatory act
22 and every county of the second class employe, other than a
23 member of the police force or the fire department or a fire
24 inspector or a sheriff or deputy sheriff, who has reached the
25 age of sixty years or upwards and who has to his or her credit a
26 period of service of eight years, but less than twenty years, or
27 every county of the second class A employe, other than a member
28 of the police or the fire department or a fire inspector, who
29 was hired after the effective date of this amendatory act, who
30 has reached the age of sixty-five years or upwards, and who has
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1 to his or her credit a period of service of ten years, but less
2 than twenty years, and every county employe who is a member of
3 the police force or the fire department or a fire inspector, and
4 who shall have been a county employe during a period of twenty
5 or more years and has reached the age of fifty years or upwards
6 shall, upon application to the board, be eligible for retirement
7 from service, and shall thereafter receive, during life, except
8 as hereinafter provided, a retirement allowance plus a service
9 increment if any, in accordance with the provisions of section
10 1712. Every county officer or employe who is a sheriff, deputy
11 sheriff or prison guard who shall have been a county officer or
12 employe during a period of twenty or more years and has reached
13 the age of fifty-five years or upward, shall, upon application
14 to the board, be eligible for retirement from service and shall
15 thereafter receive, during life, except as hereafter provided, a
16 retirement allowance in accordance with section 1712. The time
17 spent in the employ of the county or county institution district
18 need not necessarily have been continuous: Provided, That when
19 any county employe has twenty or more years service, not
20 necessarily continuous, and has reached the age of fifty years
21 or upwards, and shall be separated from the service of the
22 county or county institution district by reason of no cause or
23 act of his or her own, upon application to the board he or she
24 shall thereafter receive, during life, except as hereinafter
25 provided, a retirement allowance plus a service increment if
26 any, in accordance with the provisions of section 1712. The
27 aforesaid retirement allowance plus a service increment if any,
28 shall be subject to a suspension thereof in accordance with the
29 provisions of subsection (h) of this section 1710 and subsection
30 (c) of section 1712.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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