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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, FABRIZIO, GEORGE, GIBBONS, HARKINS, KULA, MURT, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SWANGER AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 8, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 8, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for Public School Employees' |
3 | Retirement Board. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 8501(a) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 8501. Public School Employees' Retirement Board. |
9 | (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an |
10 | independent administrative board and shall consist of [15] the |
11 | following members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the |
12 | State Treasurer, ex officio; two Senators; two members of the |
13 | House of Representatives; the executive secretary of the |
14 | Pennsylvania School Boards Association, ex officio; [two] three |
15 | to be appointed by the Governor, [at least one of whom shall not |
16 | be a] none of whom shall be either a current or former school |
17 | employee or an officer or employee of the State, and who must |
18 | possess financial, investment or legal experience; three to be |
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1 | elected by the active professional members of the system from |
2 | among their number; [one] three to be elected by annuitants from |
3 | among their number; one to be elected by the active |
4 | nonprofessional members of the system from among their number; |
5 | and [one] two to be elected by members of Pennsylvania public |
6 | school boards from among their number. The appointments made by |
7 | the Governor shall be confirmed by the Senate and each election |
8 | shall be conducted in a manner approved by the board. The terms |
9 | of the appointed and nonlegislative elected members shall be |
10 | three years. The members from the Senate shall be appointed by |
11 | the President pro tempore of the Senate and shall consist of one |
12 | member from the majority and one member from the minority. The |
13 | members from the House of Representatives shall be appointed by |
14 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall consist of |
15 | one member from the majority and one member from the minority. |
16 | The legislative members shall serve on the board for the |
17 | duration of their legislative terms and shall continue to serve |
18 | until 30 days after the convening of the next regular session of |
19 | the General Assembly after the expiration of their respective |
20 | legislative terms or until a successor is appointed for the new |
21 | term, whichever occurs first. The chairman of the board shall be |
22 | elected by the board members. Each ex officio member of the |
23 | board, each elected member of the board and each legislative |
24 | member of the board may appoint a duly authorized designee to |
25 | act in his stead. The designee appointed by a member elected by |
26 | the active professional members of the system must be an active |
27 | professional member of the system. The designee appointed by a |
28 | member elected by annuitants must be an annuitant. The designee |
29 | appointed by a member elected by the active nonprofessional |
30 | members of the system must be an active nonprofessional member |
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1 | of the system. The designee appointed by a member elected by |
2 | members of the Pennsylvania public school boards must be a |
3 | member of a Pennsylvania public school board. |
4 | * * * |
5 | Section 2. Nothing in this act shall preempt or supersede |
6 | the terms of a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the |
7 | effective date of this act for the term of that collective |
8 | bargaining agreement unless otherwise agreed to in writing by |
9 | the parties to the collective bargaining agreement. |
10 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 30 days. |
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