THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DALLY, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, M. KELLER, W. KELLER, MELIO, METZGAR, MUNDY, MURT, O'NEILL, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO AND SOLOBAY, APRIL 16, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 16, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 29, 1956 (1955 P.L.1804, No.600),

entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the establishment

of police pension funds or pension annuities in certain

boroughs, towns and townships; authorizing the establishment

of police pension funds or pension annuities by regional

police departments; providing for the regulation and

maintenance of police pension funds or pension annuities;

providing for an actuary; continuance of existing funds or

transfer thereof to funds herein established; prescribing

rights of beneficiaries; contributions by members; providing

for expenses of administration; continuation of existing

authority to provide annuity contracts; credit for military

service; refunds; exempting allowances from judicial process;

and repealing certain acts," providing for part-time service

credit.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of May 29, 1956 (1955 P.L.1804, No.600),

referred to as the Municipal Police Pension Law, is amended by

adding a section to read:

Section 4.1.  (a)  Any member of the police force employed by

a borough, town, township or regional police department, who has

been a regularly appointed full-time employe of any such

political subdivision or regional police department for a period

of at least six months and who prior thereto was a member of

such force on a part-time basis, shall have credited to his

employment record for pension or retirement benefits all of the

time spent by him in such part-time service.

(b)  The ordinance or resolution establishing the police

pension fund may provide full service credit for each year of

part-time service or fraction thereof, not to exceed five years,

to any member of the police force who was employed by the

political subdivision or regional police department during such

part-time service. The amount due for the purchase of credit for

such part-time service shall be computed by applying the average

normal cost rate for borough, town, township and regional police

pension plans as certified by the Public Employee Retirement

Commission, but not to exceed ten per centum, to the member's

average annual rate of compensation over the first three years

of municipal service and multiplying the result by the number of

years and fractional part of a year of creditable part-time

service being purchased together with interest at the rate of

four and three-quarters per centum compounded annually from the

date of initial entry into full-time municipal service to the

date of payment.

(c)  Any member of the police force shall be eligible to

receive service credit for part-time service as provided in

subsections (a) and (b) provided that he is not entitled to

receive, eligible to receive now or in the future or is

receiving retirement benefits for such service under a

retirement system administered and wholly or partially paid for

by any other governmental agency.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.