PRINTER'S NO. 308
No. 271 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, CORMAN, PIPPY, BAKER, TOMLINSON, ROBBINS, WONDERLING, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, ORIE, STACK, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, KITCHEN, MUSTO, D. WHITE, COSTA, BROWNE, PUNT, EARLL, MELLOW AND LOGAN, MARCH 8, 2007
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 8, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for Public School Employees' 3 Retirement Board. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 8501(a) of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 8501. Public School Employees' Retirement Board. 9 (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an 10 independent administrative board and shall consist of [15] the 11 following members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the 12 State Treasurer, ex officio; two Senators; two members of the 13 House of Representatives; the executive secretary of the 14 Pennsylvania School Boards Association, ex officio; two to be 15 appointed by the Governor, at least one of whom shall not be a 16 school employee or an officer or employee of the State; three to 17 be elected by the active professional members of the system from
1 among their number; [one] three to be elected by annuitants from 2 among their number; one to be elected by the active 3 nonprofessional members of the system from among their number; 4 and one to be elected by members of Pennsylvania public school 5 boards from among their number. The appointments made by the 6 Governor shall be confirmed by the Senate and each election 7 shall be conducted in a manner approved by the board. The terms 8 of the appointed and nonlegislative elected members shall be 9 three years. The members from the Senate shall be appointed by 10 the President pro tempore of the Senate and shall consist of one 11 member from the majority and one member from the minority. The 12 members from the House of Representatives shall be appointed by 13 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall consist of 14 one member from the majority and one member from the minority. 15 The legislative members shall serve on the board for the 16 duration of their legislative terms and shall continue to serve 17 until 30 days after the convening of the next regular session of 18 the General Assembly after the expiration of their respective 19 legislative terms or until a successor is appointed for the new 20 term, whichever occurs first. The chairman of the board shall be 21 elected by the board members. Each ex officio member of the 22 board, each elected member of the board and each legislative 23 member of the board may appoint a duly authorized designee to 24 act in his stead. The designee appointed by a member elected by 25 the active professional members of the system must be an active 26 professional member of the system. The designee appointed by a 27 member elected by annuitants must be an annuitant. The designee 28 appointed by a member elected by the active nonprofessional 29 members of the system must be an active nonprofessional member 30 of the system. The designee appointed by a member elected by 20070S0271B0308 - 2 -
1 members of the Pennsylvania public school boards must be a 2 member of a Pennsylvania public school board. 3 * * * 4 Section 2. Nothing in this act shall preempt or supersede 5 the terms of a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the 6 effective date of this act for the term of that collective 7 bargaining agreement unless otherwise agreed to in writing by 8 the parties to the collective bargaining agreement. 9 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. A23L24JLW/20070S0271B0308 - 3 -