PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1029, 1247 PRINTER'S NO. 1311
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
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, OCTOBER 6, 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] 15
13 members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the State
14 Treasurer, ex officio; two senators; two members 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 members from the Senate shall be appointed by the President pro
11 tempore of the Senate and shall consist of a majority and a
12 minority member. The members from the House of Representatives
13 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
14 Representatives and shall consist of a majority and a minority
15 member. The legislative members shall serve on the board for the
16 duration of the terms for which they were elected. The chairman
17 of the board shall be elected by the board members. Each ex
18 officio member of the board may appoint a duly authorized
19 designee to act in his stead.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. Section 5901(a) and (b) of Title 71 are amended
22 to read:
23 § 5901. The State Employees' Retirement Board.
24 (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an
25 independent administrative board and consist of [seven] 11
26 members: the State Treasurer, ex officio, two Senators, two
27 members of the House of Representatives, and six members
28 appointed by the Governor, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE AN ANNUITANT OF <--
29 THE SYSTEM, for terms of four years, subject to confirmation by
30 the Senate. At least five board members shall be active members
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1 of the system, and at least two shall have ten or more years of
2 credited State service. The chairman of the board shall be
3 designated by the Governor from among the members of the board.
4 (b) Appointments and terms.--The two members elected by the
5 board and serving on the effective date of this title shall
6 continue to serve until the expiration of their respective
7 terms. The members of the Senate shall be appointed by the
8 President pro tempore of the Senate and shall consist of a
9 majority and a minority member. The members of the House of
10 Representatives shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
11 of Representatives and shall consist of a majority and a
12 minority member. The legislative members shall serve on the
13 board for the duration of the terms for which they were elected.
14 Of the remaining four appointees, one shall be appointed for an
15 initial term of two years, one for an initial term of three
16 years, and two for an initial term of four years. A vacancy
17 occurring during the term of an appointed member shall be filled
18 for the unexpired term by the appointment and confirmation of a
19 successor in the same manner as his predecessor. No appointed
20 member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms.
21 * * *
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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