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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, LEVDANSKY, BARRAR, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, GIBBONS, GINGRICH AND TALLMAN, JANUARY 19, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 19, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for the definition of |
3 | "governmental entity" and for the Public School Employees' |
4 | Retirement Board; and providing for a lump sum payment to |
5 | employees of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association of |
6 | the accrued value of their retirement benefits. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. The definition of "governmental entity" in |
10 | section 8102 of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
11 | Statutes is amended to read: |
12 | § 8102. Definitions. |
13 | The following words and phrases when used in this part shall |
14 | have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the |
15 | meanings given to them in this section: |
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17 | "Governmental entity." Board of school directors, board of |
18 | public education, intermediate unit board of directors, area |
19 | vocational-technical board, any governing board of any agency or |
20 | authority created by them, and the Commonwealth. The term shall |
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1 | exclude the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and its |
2 | employees. |
3 | * * * |
4 | Section 2. Section 8501(a) of Title 24 is amended to read: |
5 | § 8501. Public School Employees' Retirement Board. |
6 | (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an |
7 | independent administrative board and shall consist of 15 |
8 | members: the Secretary of Education, ex officio; the State |
9 | Treasurer, ex officio; two Senators; two members of the House of |
10 | Representatives; [the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania |
11 | School Boards Association, ex officio;] two to be appointed by |
12 | the Governor, at least one of whom shall not be a school |
13 | employee or an officer or employee of the State; three to be |
14 | elected by the active professional members of the system from |
15 | among their number; one to be elected by annuitants from among |
16 | their number; one to be elected by the active nonprofessional |
17 | members of the system from among their number; and [one] two to |
18 | be elected by members of Pennsylvania public school boards from |
19 | among their number. The appointments made by the Governor shall |
20 | be confirmed by the Senate and each election shall be conducted |
21 | in a manner approved by the board. The terms of the appointed |
22 | and nonlegislative elected members shall be three years. The |
23 | members from the Senate shall be appointed by the President pro |
24 | tempore of the Senate and shall consist of one member from the |
25 | majority and one member from the minority. The members from the |
26 | House of Representatives shall be appointed by the Speaker of |
27 | the House of Representatives and shall consist of one member |
28 | from the majority and one member from the minority. The |
29 | legislative members shall serve on the board for the duration of |
30 | their legislative terms and shall continue to serve until 30 |
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1 | days after the convening of the next regular session of the |
2 | General Assembly after the expiration of their respective |
3 | legislative terms or until a successor is appointed for the new |
4 | term, whichever occurs first. The chairman of the board shall be |
5 | elected by the board members. Each ex officio member of the |
6 | board and each legislative member of the board may appoint a |
7 | duly authorized designee to act in his stead. |
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9 | Section 3. Employees of the Pennsylvania School Boards |
10 | Association who were members of the Public School Employees' |
11 | Retirement System before the effective date of this section |
12 | shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment, the present |
13 | value of their benefit accrued to the effective date of this |
14 | section. The Public School Employees' Retirement Board shall |
15 | make payment to the employees within 90 days of the effective |
16 | date of this section. |
17 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or |
18 | immediately, whichever is later. |
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