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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, BROWNE, ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, WARD, WOZNIAK AND YAW, MARCH 25, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 25, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as |
2 | reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the |
3 | second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and |
4 | changing the law relating thereto," further providing for |
5 | compensation of supervisors. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 606(c) of the act of May 1, 1933 |
9 | (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, |
10 | reenacted and amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60), is |
11 | amended to read: |
12 | Section 606. Compensation of Supervisors.--* * * |
13 | (c) In addition to the compensation authorized under this |
14 | section, supervisors while in office or while in the employ of |
15 | the township may be eligible for inclusion in township-paid |
16 | insurance plans, as follows: |
17 | (1) Supervisors, whether or not they are employed by the |
18 | township, and their dependents are eligible for inclusion in |
19 | group life, health, hospitalization, medical service and |
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1 | accident insurance plans paid in whole or in part by the |
2 | township. Supervisors and their dependents who are over sixty- |
3 | five years of age are eligible for inclusion in supplemental |
4 | Medicare insurance coverage paid in whole or in part by the |
5 | township. Their inclusion in those plans does not require |
6 | auditor approval, but does require submission of a letter |
7 | requesting participation at a regularly scheduled meeting of the |
8 | board of supervisors before commencing participation. The |
9 | insurance shall be uniformly applicable to those covered and |
10 | shall not give eligibility preference to or improperly |
11 | discriminate in favor of supervisors. No policy of group life |
12 | insurance shall contain any provision for a cash surrender |
13 | value, loan value or any other benefit beyond the face amount of |
14 | insurance. The policy may contain a provision that when the |
15 | insurance ceases because of termination of employment or term of |
16 | office, the person is entitled to have issued to him by the |
17 | insurer, without evidence of insurability, an individual policy |
18 | of insurance on any form customarily issued by the insurer at |
19 | the age and for the amount applied for if the amount is not in |
20 | excess of the amount of life insurance which ceases because of |
21 | the termination and the application for the individual policy is |
22 | made and first premium is paid to the insurer within thirty-one |
23 | days after termination. |
24 | (2) Any life, health, hospitalization, medical service or |
25 | accident insurance coverage contract made by a township between |
26 | January 1, 1959, and March 31, 1985, that includes or provides |
27 | coverage for supervisors not employed by the township is not |
28 | void or unlawful because inclusion of those supervisors was |
29 | subsequently found to be without lawful authority. No penalty, |
30 | assessment, surcharge, forfeiture or disciplinary action may |
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1 | occur as a result of participation by those supervisors. |
2 | Insurance benefits paid or payable to insureds or their |
3 | beneficiaries arising out of or on account of deaths, injuries, |
4 | accidents or illnesses occurring before March 30, 1988, are the |
5 | property of the insureds or their beneficiaries. |
6 | (3) All payments made by a township on any group life, |
7 | health, hospitalization, medical service or accident insurance |
8 | coverage contracts on behalf of supervisors who were not |
9 | employes between January 1, 1959, and March 31, 1985, which |
10 | would have been proper but for the absence of auditor approval |
11 | are hereby approved. Any benefits payable to any supervisor or |
12 | his beneficiaries on account of those payments during that time |
13 | shall continue. |
14 | (4) The township may deduct from any compensation payable to |
15 | a supervisor such part of any insurance premium or charge which |
16 | is payable by the supervisor within the terms of the particular |
17 | township's insurance plan. |
18 | (5) The township may pay the cost, in whole or in part, of |
19 | supplemental Medicare insurance coverage for supervisors and |
20 | employes who are over sixty-five years of age. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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