AN ACT
Amending Titles 24 (Education), 51 (Military Affairs) and 71
(State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,
extensively revising pension provisions as follows:
In Title 24:
for retirement for school employees, in the areas of
preliminary provisions, of membership, contributions and
benefits, of school employees' defined contribution plan
and of administration and miscellaneous provisions; and
for health insurance for retired school employees, in
the area of preliminary provisions.
In Title 51:
for employment preferences and pensions, in the area
of military leave of absence.
In Title 71:
for boards and offices, in the area of Independent
Fiscal Office; and
for retirement for State employees and officers, in
the areas of preliminary provisions, of membership,
credited service, classes of service and eligibility for
benefits, of contributions, of benefits, of State
employees' defined contribution plan and of
administration, funds, accounts, general provisions.
Providing, as to the revisions:
for construction and administration, for
applicability, for liability, for member statements and
for suspension of provisions of the Public Employee
Retirement Study Commission Act.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 101. The definitions of "alternate payee," "basic
contribution rate," "beneficiary," "class of service
multiplier," "compensation," "creditable nonschool service,"
"credited service," "date of termination of service,"
"distribution," "domestic relations order," "final average
salary," "inactive member," "intervening military service,"
"irrevocable beneficiary," "leave for service with a collective
bargaining organization," "reemployed from USERRA leave,"
"required beginning date," "salary deductions," "shared-risk
contribution rate," "standard single life annuity,"
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