PRINTER'S NO. 1639

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1404 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, TIGUE, REBER, LaGROTTA, PISTELLA AND BUNT,
           MAY 27, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MAY 27, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205),
     2     entitled "An act mandating actuarial funding standards for
     3     all municipal pension systems; establishing a recovery
     4     program for municipal pension systems determined to be
     5     financially distressed; providing for the distribution of the
     6     tax on the premiums of foreign fire insurance companies; and
     7     making repeals," further providing for the distribution of
     8     the tax on the premiums of foreign fire insurance companies.

     9     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    10  hereby enacts as follows:
    11     Section 1.  Section 706 of the act of December 18, 1984
    12  (P.L.1005, No.205), known as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding
    13  Standard and Recovery Act, is amended by adding a subsection to
    14  read:
    15  Section 706.  Use of foreign fire insurance tax moneys.
    16     * * *
    17     (c)  Second class counties.--In the certification of service
    18  to municipalities under subsection (a) and the distribution of
    19  foreign fire insurance tax moneys under subsection (b),
    20  firefighters employed by the county shall be taken into


     1  consideration. If there is a dispute regarding the county
     2  firefighters' share of the funds paid to a municipality, the
     3  Auditor General shall determine the share, if any, to which they
     4  are entitled.
     5     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

















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