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Eligibility points - 71 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5307

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     § 5307.  Eligibility points.
        (a)  General rule.--An active member of the system shall
     accrue one eligibility point for each year of credited service
     as a member of the State or the Public School Employees'
     Retirement System. A member shall accrue an additional two-
     thirds of an eligibility point for each year of Class D-3
     credited service. In the case of a fractional part of a year of
     credited service, a member shall accrue the corresponding
     fractional portion of eligibility points to which the class of
     service entitles him.
        (b)  Transitional rule.--
            (1)  In determining whether a member who is not a State
        employee or school employee on June 30, 2001, and July 1,
        2001, and who has previous State service (except a disability
        annuitant who returns to State service after June 30, 2001,
        upon termination of the disability annuity) has the five
        eligibility points required by sections 5102 (relating to
        definitions), 5308(b) (relating to eligibility for
        annuities), 5309 (relating to eligibility for vesting),
        5704(b) (relating to disability annuities) and 5705(a)
        (relating to member's options), only eligibility points
        earned by performing credited State service or credited
        school service after June 30, 2001, shall be counted until
        such member earns one eligibility point by performing
        credited State service or credited school service after June
        30, 2001, at which time all eligibility points as determined
        pursuant to subsection (a) shall be counted.
            (2)  Any member to whom paragraph (1) applies shall be
        considered to have satisfied any requirement for five
        eligibility points contained in this part if the member:
                (i)  has ten or more eligibility points as determined
            pursuant to subsection (a); or
                (ii)  has Class G, Class H, Class I, Class J, Class
            L, Class M or Class N service and has eight or more
            eligibility points as determined pursuant to subsection
            (a).
     (May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9, eff. July 1, 2001)

        Cross References.  Section 5307 is referred to in section
     5303 of this title.

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