PRINTER'S NO. 2608
No. 1990 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY TRAVAGLIO, BEBKO-JONES, BENNINGHOFF, CAPPELLI,
DALEY, FABRIZIO, GERGELY, GOODMAN, HESS, HORSEY, JAMES,
LEWIS, McILHATTAN, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, ROBERTS, SCAVELLO,
SHANER, R. STEVENSON, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, WASHINGTON,
WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for election to convert
3 municipal service to State service.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5303.3. Election to convert municipal service to State
9 service.
10 (a) General rule.--Elected officers of any county, and
11 mayors, council members and controllers of any city of the third
12 class, and former holders of those offices, who become members
13 of the system may elect to convert up to five years of their
14 county or city service in the retirement system or pension plan
15 in which they were contributors prior to beginning State
16 employment.
17 (b) Time for making election.--The election to convert
1 county or city service to State service must be made by filing
2 written notice with the board within 90 days after the transfer
3 to State employment or within 90 days after the effective date
4 of this section, whichever occurs later. An election to convert
5 service shall be effective when filed with the board but shall
6 not be effective before the date of beginning State employment.
7 An election to convert county or city service to State service
8 shall be irrevocable.
9 (c) Effect of failure to make election.--Failure to elect to
10 convert county or city service to State service within the
11 election period set forth in subsection (b) shall result in the
12 county or city service not being converted to State service.
13 Persons who do not elect to convert county or city service to
14 State service shall not have the opportunity to make a
15 subsequent conversion election should they later obtain
16 different employment in the unified judicial system or other
17 State employment eligible for membership in the system.
18 (d) Effect of election.--An election to convert county or
19 city service to State service shall convert up to five years of
20 county or city service in the retirement system or pension plan
21 in which the person was a member before beginning State
22 employment. The election shall not convert service in other
23 retirement systems or pension plans that is not credited in the
24 county or city plan from which the member is transferred. Once
25 the conversion occurs, the converted service shall lose all
26 attributes and characteristics as county or city service and
27 shall be State service as set forth in this part.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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