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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, COSTA, TARTAGLIONE, SOLOBAY, FONTANA, M. WHITE, BREWSTER, SCHWANK, YUDICHAK AND FERLO, OCTOBER 2, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO FINANCE, OCTOBER 2, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of September 23, 1959 (P.L.970, No.400), |
2 | entitled "An act providing for the creation, maintenance and |
3 | operation of an employes' retirement system in cities of the |
4 | second class A, and imposing certain charges on cities of the |
5 | second class A and school districts in cities of the second |
6 | class A," further providing for credit for military service. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. Section 12 of the act of September 23, 1959 |
10 | (P.L.970, No.400), referred to as the Second Class A City |
11 | Employe Pension Law, amended July 15, 1968 (P.L.342, No.167), is |
12 | amended to read: |
13 | Section 12. Credit for Military Service; Payment into Fund; |
14 | Reimbursement.--Any city employe who, on or after September 16, |
15 | 1940, has been employed by the city for a period of six months |
16 | and who, on or subsequent to such date, shall have enlisted or |
17 | been inducted into the military service of the United States in |
18 | time of war, armed conflict or national emergency so proclaimed |
19 | by the President or the Congress of the United States, shall |
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1 | have credited to his employment record, for retirement benefits, |
2 | all of the time spent by him in such military service during the |
3 | continuance of such war, armed conflict, or national emergency, |
4 | and such payments as were heretofore or shall hereafter be |
5 | required to be made during such period by such city employe into |
6 | the city employes' retirement fund shall be paid into such fund |
7 | by the city. Any employes who have made payments into the city |
8 | employes' retirement fund, for which payments the city is liable |
9 | under the provisions of this act, shall be reimbursed by the |
10 | city to the full extent of such payments or be given credit |
11 | towards future payments under this act. |
12 | Any member of the pension fund who is a contributor and who |
13 | served in the armed forces of the United States subsequent to |
14 | September 1, 1940, and who was not a member of the pension fund |
15 | prior to such military service, and who commenced employment in |
16 | city service [within three years from] after the date of release |
17 | from active duty, [may, as the city or school district shall |
18 | determine,] shall be entitled to have full credit for each year |
19 | or fraction thereof, not to exceed five years of such service |
20 | upon his payment to the pension fund an amount equal to that |
21 | which he would have paid had he been a member during the period |
22 | for which he desires credit, computed with reference to the |
23 | compensation he received upon entry into city service and his |
24 | current percentage of salary deductions, and an additional |
25 | amount as the equivalent of the contributions of the city and |
26 | school district on account of such military service, which |
27 | amount may be paid in a lump sum or by installments as may be |
28 | approved by the board. |
29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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