PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 610
PRINTER'S NO. 1784
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
615
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, KORTZ, KULIK, METZGAR, BERNSTINE,
OWLETT, MURT, ZIMMERMAN, MULLERY, WARNER, SAYLOR, NEILSON,
WHEELAND, GOODMAN, GILLEN, SAINATO, JOZWIAK AND GAYDOS,
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MAY 8, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in retirement for State employees and
officers, further defining "enforcement officer." OFFICER";
AND PROVIDING FOR INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "enforcement officer" in
section 5102 of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 5102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases as used in this part, unless
a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
have the following meanings:
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"Enforcement officer."
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(5) Game Commission officers and any other commissioned
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law enforcement personnel under the employment of the
Pennsylvania Game Commission who have and exercise the same
law enforcement powers as Game Commission officers. This
paragraph does not include deputy Game Commission officers.
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SECTION 2. NOTWITHSTANDING 71 PA.C.S. §§ 5507 AND 5508, FOR
PURPOSES OF 71 PA.C.S. § 5508(C)(4), ANY CHANGE IN THE ACCRUED
LIABILITY THAT RESULTS FROM THE ADDITION OF PARAGRAPH (5) TO THE
DEFINITION OF "ENFORCEMENT OFFICER" IN 71 PA.C.S. § 5102 SHALL
BE FUNDED IN EQUAL DOLLAR INSTALLMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF
COMPENSATION OF ALL AFFECTED ACTIVE MEMBERS AND ACTIVE
PARTICIPANTS EMPLOYED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION OVER A
PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF JULY FOLLOWING THE
VALUATION DATE COINCIDENT WITH OR NEXT FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION.
Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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