PRINTER'S NO. 3055

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 2147 Session of 2008

        INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, DALEY,
           J. EVANS, GRUCELA, GEIST, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HELM, HUTCHINSON,
           MANN, McCALL, McGEEHAN, NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW,
           REICHLEY, SHIMKUS, STABACK, R. STEVENSON, WANSACZ AND
           WOJNAROSKI, JANUARY 3, 2008

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 3, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, defining "Commonwealth firefighter or
     3     firefighter instructor"; and further defining "superannuation
     4     age."

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The definition of "superannuation age" in section
     8  5102 of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
     9  amended and the section is amended by adding a definition to
    10  read:
    11  § 5102.  Definitions.
    12     The following words and phrases as used in this part, unless
    13  a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
    14  have the following meanings:
    15     * * *
    16     "Commonwealth firefighter or firefighter instructor."  An
    17  employee of the Commonwealth engaged in any of the following:

     1         (1)  Specialized structural and aircraft firefighting.
     2         (2)  Fire prevention or fire inspection of buildings or
     3     aircraft owned or maintained by the Commonwealth.
     4         (3)  Specialized training of emergency service and allied
     5     professionals at the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy.
     6     * * *
     7     "Superannuation age."  Any age upon accrual of 35 eligibility
     8  points or age 60, except for a member of the General Assembly,
     9  an enforcement officer, a correction officer, a psychiatric
    10  security aide, a Delaware River Port Authority policeman, a
    11  Commonwealth firefighter or firefighter instructor or an officer
    12  of the Pennsylvania State Police, age 50, and, except for a
    13  member with Class G, Class H, Class I, Class J, Class K, Class
    14  L, Class M or Class N service, age 55 upon accrual of 20
    15  eligibility points.
    16     * * *
    17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.









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