Bill Text: PA HB103 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibiting any municipal pension or retirement system in a city of the first or second class from denying certain benefits to surviving spouses of firefighters or certain employees upon a subsequent remarriage of the surviving spouse; and making related repeals.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-28 - Referred to FINANCE [HB103 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB103-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  96

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

103

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY D. O'BRIEN, ADOLPH, BARRAR, BRENNAN, COHEN, CONKLIN, GOODMAN, HUTCHINSON, KOTIK, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, RAPP, REICHLEY, SABATINA, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JANUARY 28, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 28, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Prohibiting any municipal pension or retirement system in a city

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of the first or second class from denying certain benefits to

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surviving spouses of firefighters or certain employees upon a

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subsequent remarriage of the surviving spouse; and making

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related repeals.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Prohibited conduct.

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No municipal pension or retirement system in a city of the

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first or second class shall deny any benefit, including pension

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payments, service-connected death benefits or service-connected

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health care benefits, to any surviving spouse of any firefighter

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or fire department employee, including fire department

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pensioners and employees of the fire department, as a result of

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the remarriage or subsequent marriage of the surviving spouse.

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Section 2.  Repeals.

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(a)  Specific.--

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(1)  The act of May 20, 1915 (P.L.566, No.242), entitled

 


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"An act requiring cities of the first class to establish a

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pension fund for employes of said cities, and all county or

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other public employes, if any, paid by appropriation of the

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city councils thereof, and out of the treasury of said

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cities; and regulating the administration and the payment of

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such pensions," is repealed to the extent that it would act

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to deny any benefit, including pension payments, service-

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connected death benefits or service-connected health care

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benefits to any surviving spouse of any firefighter or fire

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department employee, including fire department pensioners and

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employees of the fire department, as a result of the

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remarriage or subsequent marriage of the surviving spouse.

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(2)  Section 9.2(d) of the act of May 25, 1933 (P.L.1050,

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No.242), referred to as the Second Class City Firemen Relief

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Law.

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(b)  Inconsistent.--

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(1)  The act of April 21, 1949 (P.L.665, No.155), known

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as the First Class City Home Rule Act, is repealed insofar as

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it is inconsistent with this act.

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(2)  All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as

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they are inconsistent with this act.

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Section 3.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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