PRINTER'S NO. 566
No. 523 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY O'BRIEN, CALTAGIRONE, M. COHEN, HORSEY, LAUGHLIN,
MICOZZIE, ORIE, THOMAS, TRELLO, WOGAN AND YOUNGBLOOD,
FEBRUARY 7, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
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 (c) Class membership for county service.--Notwithstanding
12 subsection (a), county service that is converted to State
13 service pursuant to section 5303.1 (relating to election to
14 convert county service to State service) shall be credited as
15 the following class of service:
16 Class of service in a county of the
17 second class A, third class, fourth
18 class, fifth class, sixth class,
19 seventh class or eighth class
20 maintaining a retirement system or
21 pension plan under the act of August
22 31, 1971 (P.L.398, No.96), known as
23 the County Pension Law
24 System Class of
25 Service
26 Class 1-120 G
27 Class 1-100 H
28 Class 1-80 I
29 Class 1-70 J
30 Class 1-60 K
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1 Rate of accrual of benefit for each
2 year of service in a county of the
3 first class or second class or
4 credited in the Pennsylvania
5 Municipal Retirement System
6 System Class of
7 Service
8 .833% G
9 1.00% H
10 1.250% I
11 1.428% J
12 1.667% K
13 2.000% L
14 2.200% M
15 2.500% N
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, or
17 immediately, whichever is later.
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