PRINTER'S NO. 1029
No. 918 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, MANBECK, TILGHMAN, LEWIS, MESSINGER,
HAGER, CORMAN, HOPPER, STAUFFER, SNYDER, STREET, PRICE,
FISHER, HELFRICK, RHOADES, O'CONNELL AND SHAFFER, JUNE 16,
1981
REFERRED TO FINANCE, JUNE 16, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 membership on the State Employees' Retirement Board and the
4 Public School Employees' Retirement Board.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 8501(a) of Title 24, act of November 25,
8 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes, is amended to read:
10 § 8501. Public School Employees' Retirement Board.
11 (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an
12 independent administrative board and shall consist of [11] 13
13 members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the State
14 Treasurer, ex officio; one Senator; one member of the House of
15 Representatives; the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania
16 School Boards Association, ex officio; two to be appointed by
17 the Governor, at least one of whom shall not be a school
18 employee or an officer or employee of the State; three to be
1 elected by the active professional members of the system from
2 among their number; one to be elected by annuitants from among
3 their number; one to be elected by the active nonprofessional
4 members of the system from among their number; and one to be
5 elected by members of Pennsylvania public school boards from
6 among their number. The appointments made by the Governor shall
7 be confirmed by the Senate and each election shall be conducted
8 in a manner approved by the board. The terms of the appointed
9 and nonlegislative elected members shall be three years. The
10 member from the Senate shall be appointed by the President pro
11 tempore of the Senate and the member from the House of
12 Representatives shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
13 of Representatives. The legislative members shall serve on the
14 board for the duration of the terms for which they were elected.
15 The chairman of the board shall be elected by the board members.
16 Each ex officio member of the board may appoint a duly
17 authorized designee to act in his stead.
18 * * *
19 Section 2. Section 5901(a) and (b) of Title 71 are amended
20 to read:
21 § 5901. The State Employees' Retirement Board.
22 (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an
23 independent administrative board and consist of [seven] nine
24 members: the State Treasurer, ex officio, one Senator, one
25 member of the House of Representatives, and six members
26 appointed by the Governor for terms of four years, subject to
27 confirmation by the Senate. At least five board members shall be
28 active members of the system, and at least two shall have ten or
29 more years of credited State service. The chairman of the board
30 shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of
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1 the board.
2 (b) Appointments and terms.--The two members elected by the
3 board and serving on the effective date of this title shall
4 continue to serve until the expiration of their respective
5 terms. The member of the Senate shall be appointed by the
6 President pro tempore of the Senate and the member of the House
7 of Representatives shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
8 House of Representatives. The legislative members shall serve on
9 the board for the duration of the terms for which they were
10 elected. Of the remaining four appointees, one shall be
11 appointed for an initial term of two years, one for an initial
12 term of three years, and two for an initial term of four years.
13 A vacancy occurring during the term of an appointed member shall
14 be filled for the unexpired term by the appointment and
15 confirmation of a successor in the same manner as his
16 predecessor. No appointed member shall serve more than two
17 consecutive full terms.
18 * * *
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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