PRINTER'S NO. 1912
No. 1394 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, MURPHY, BODACK, LOGAN, WAGNER AND COSTA,
APRIL 17, 2002
REFERRED TO FINANCE, APRIL 17, 2002
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 employees eligible for retirement allowances.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1710(j) of the act of July 28, 1953
9 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, added
10 March 27, 1980 (P.L.57, No.21), is amended to read:
11 Section 1710. Employes Eligible for Retirement Allowances.--
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13 (j) (1) Any person who was employed by an authority created
14 by the county on or after June 10, 1968, pursuant to the act of
15 May 2, 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), known as the "Municipality
16 Authorities Act of 1945," for the purpose of assisting and
17 encouraging local municipalities to undertake vital and
18 necessary capital improvement projects that could not be
19 financed or constructed with county assistance and who
1 subsequently became an employe of the county may have the period
2 of his employment with such authority credited as a county
3 employe. The person shall make application to the board within
4 three years of the effective date of this subsection and, upon
5 approval of the application, shall pay into the retirement fund
6 the amount which he would have been required to pay into the
7 fund if he had been a county employe from the date of his
8 original employment with the authority. The county shall pay
9 into the retirement fund an amount equal to the amount paid in
10 by the employe in accordance with the provisions of this
11 article.
12 (2) Any person who was employed by an authority created by
13 the county on or after February 14, 1950, pursuant to the act of
14 May 24, 1945 (P.L.991, No.385), known as the "Urban
15 Redevelopment Law," who participated in the Allegheny County
16 Redevelopment Authority (ACRA) retirement plan and who
17 subsequently became an employe of the county on or before
18 January 1, 2001, may have the period of his employment with such
19 authority credited as a county employe, to reflect the employe's
20 transfer of a governmental function, provided the person is not
21 entitled to receive, eligible to receive now or in the future,
22 or currently receiving retirement benefits for such service
23 under a retirement system administered and wholly or partially
24 paid for by any other governmental agency or by any private
25 employer. The person shall be required to transfer to the
26 retirement fund an amount equal to the greater of the amount the
27 person received from the ACRA plan plus interest at six per
28 centum per annum from the date of the distribution from the ACRA
29 plan to date of payment or an amount equal to the sums, both
30 employe and county contributions, that would have been paid into
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1 the retirement fund had the person always been a member of the
2 retirement fund plus interest at six per centum per annum from
3 the date the sums would have been made to the retirement fund to
4 date of payment. Upon written notification of the amount from
5 the board, the person would be given a year to make the
6 contribution. Interest from the date of notification to date of
7 payment shall be charged at six per centum per annum.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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