PRINTER'S NO. 178

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 162 Session of 1997

        INTRODUCED BY ALLEN, STAIRS, COWELL, SCHULER, CORRIGAN,
           D. W. SNYDER, DeWEESE, HERMAN, LUCYK, ITKIN, McCALL, TULLI,
           DENT, BOYES, BAKER, BATTISTO, BELARDI, BOSCOLA, BUNT,
           BUTKOVITZ, BUXTON, CAPPABIANCA, CARN, CARONE, CIVERA,
           COLAIZZO, CORPORA, CURRY, DALLY, DEMPSEY, DERMODY, DONATUCCI,
           FICHTER, FLEAGLE, GEIST, GORDNER, GRUPPO, HALUSKA, HANNA,
           ARGALL, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KENNEY, KIRKLAND,
           KREBS, LaGROTTA, A. H. WILLIAMS, B. SMITH, BEBKO-JONES,
           BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BLAUM, C. WILLIAMS, CALTAGIRONE,
           CASORIO, COLAFELLA, CONTI, COY, E. Z. TAYLOR, EACHUS, EVANS,
           HASAY, J. TAYLOR, JAROLIN, L. I. COHEN, LAUGHLIN, LLOYD,
           M. COHEN, MANDERINO, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MELIO, MICOZZIE,
           MIHALICH, MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, NICKOL, O'BRIEN, OLIVER,
           PETRONE, PLATTS, RAMOS, REBER, RIEGER, ROBERTS, ROEBUCK,
           ROONEY, S. H. SMITH, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR,
           SERAFINI, SHANER, STABACK, STEELMAN, STETLER, STRITTMATTER,
           STURLA, SURRA, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRELLO, VAN HORNE, VANCE, VEON,
           WOGAN, WOJNAROSKI, M. N. WRIGHT, YEWCIC, YOUNGBLOOD,
           ZIMMERMAN AND ZUG, FEBRUARY 3, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 3, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, extending the period of eligibility for special
     3     early retirement.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 8312(4) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 8312.  Eligibility for special early retirement.
     9     Notwithstanding any provisions of this title to the contrary,
    10  for the period only of July 1, 1985, to July 1, [1997] 2000, the

     1  following special early retirement provisions shall be
     2  applicable to specified eligible members as follows:
     3         * * *
     4         (4)  During the period of July 1, 1993, to July 1, [1997]
     5     2000, a member who has credit for at least 30 eligibility
     6     points shall be entitled, upon termination of service and
     7     filing of a proper application, to receive a maximum single
     8     life annuity calculated pursuant to section 8342 without any
     9     reduction by virtue of an effective date of retirement which
    10     is under the superannuation age.
    11     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.













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