PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 428 PRINTER'S NO. 2509
No. 388 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DOMBROWSKI, FEE, CAPPABIANCA, VAN HORNE,
CALTAGIRONE AND LEVDANSKY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 4, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903, No.362), entitled "An
2 act authorizing cities of the third class to establish an
3 optional retirement system for officers and employes
4 independently of any pension system or systems existing in
5 such cities," further providing for membership on retirement
6 boards; and authorizing cost-of-living increases.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 3 of the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903,
10 No.362), entitled "An act authorizing cities of the third class
11 to establish an optional retirement system for officers and
12 employes independently of any pension system or systems existing
13 in such cities," amended July 18, 1986 (P.L.1413, No.128), is
14 amended to read:
15 Section 3. In any such city which creates such retirement
16 system there shall be created a board to be known as the
17 "Officers and Employes Retirement Board," consisting of the
18 mayor, the city controller, the director of finance, two
19 employes to be chosen by the employes contributing to the
1 retirement fund, a retired city employe chosen by the
2 association of retired city employes and, if members of council
3 participate in the retirement fund and are members of the fund,
4 a member of council, chosen by council. It shall be the duty of
5 said board to register all persons employed by the said city,
6 and to administer the collections and distribution of the fund,
7 herein provided for, and make such reasonable rules in the
8 premises as such board may deem necessary to carry into effect
9 the provisions of this act.
10 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
11 Section 4.1. The board, may, at any time, at it's <--
12 discretion,
13 SECTION 4.1. (A) THE BOARD MAY, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL <--
14 REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (B), increase the compensation of
15 persons receiving compensation of any kind from the fund by
16 reason of and after the termination of the services of any
17 member of the fund. Such increases shall be in conformity with a
18 uniform scale, which shall be based on the cost of living, but
19 the total of any such allowance shall not at any time exceed
20 one-half of the current salary being paid to nonuniformed
21 employes of the highest pay grade. No cost-of-living increase
22 shall be granted which would impair the actuarial soundness of
23 the fund.
24 (B) THE BOARD MAY RECOMMEND THE INCREASE DESCRIBED IN <--
25 SUBSECTION (A) TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT ANY TIME. THE COUNCIL MAY,
26 BY ORDINANCE, APPROVE THIS INCREASE SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO THE
27 APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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