PRINTER'S NO. 176
No. 188 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY O'BRIEN, LAUGHLIN, WOJNAROSKI, TRELLO, PESCI,
GIGLIOTTI, J. TAYLOR, M. COHEN, McGEEHAN, YOUNGBLOOD AND
CIVERA, JANUARY 27, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 27, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the class of
3 service for bail commissioners.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5306 of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5306. Classes of service.
9 (a) Class A membership.--A State employee who is a member of
10 Class A on the effective date of this part or who becomes a
11 member of the system subsequent to the effective date of this
12 part shall be classified as a Class A member and receive credit
13 for Class A service upon payment of regular and additional
14 member contributions for Class A service.
15 (b) Other class membership.--A State employee who is a
16 member of a class of service other than Class A on the effective
17 date of this part shall retain his membership in that class
18 until such service is discontinued; any service thereafter shall
1 be credited as Class A service. Notwithstanding any other
2 provision of this section, a State employee who is appointed
3 bail commissioner of the Philadelphia Municipal Court under 42
4 Pa.C.S. § 1123(a)(5) (relating to jurisdiction and venue) may
5 within 30 days of the effective date of this sentence or within
6 30 days of his initial appointment as a bail commissioner,
7 whichever is later, elect Class E-2 service credit for service
8 performed as a bail commissioner after the effective date of
9 this sentence. This class of service multiplier for E-2 service
10 as a bail commissioner shall be 1.5.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
12 immediately, whichever is later.
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