Bill Text: PA HB517 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903, No.362), entitled "An act authorizing cities of the third class to establish an optional retirement system for officers and employes independently of any pension system or systems existing in such cities," further providing for certain increases in compensation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-08 - Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS [HB517 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB517-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 484
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 517 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY HARKINS, CONKLIN, HORNAMAN, HARHAI, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, MARSHALL AND MAHONEY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903, No.362), entitled "An
act authorizing cities of the third class to establish an
optional retirement system for officers and employes
independently of any pension system or systems existing in
such cities," further providing for certain increases in
compensation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4.1 of the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903,
No.362), entitled "An act authorizing cities of the third class
to establish an optional retirement system for officers and
employes independently of any pension system or systems existing
in such cities," added June 11, 1992 (P.L.297, No.49), is
amended to read:
Section 4.1. (a) The board [may] shall, subject to the
approval required under subsection (b), increase the
compensation of any member of the fund by reason of and after
the termination of the services of such member of the fund. Such
increases shall be in conformity with a uniform scale, which
shall be based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban
consumers calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor, but the total of any such
allowance shall not at any time exceed one-half of the current
salary being paid to nonuniformed employes of the highest pay
grade.
(b) The board [may] shall recommend the increase described
in subsection (a) to the city council at any time. Provided that
the provisions of section 305 of the act of December 18, 1984
(P.L.1005, No.205), known as the "Municipal Pension Plan Funding
Standard and Recovery Act," have been satisfied, the council, by
ordinance, [may] shall approve this increase subject, however,
to the approval of the [mayor] board.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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