11 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 143 - Pensions
Subchapter A. Police
- Section 14300 - Definitions
(a) Chapter.--The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context...
- Section 14301 - Police Pension Fund
(a) Establishment.--By ordinance, a city shall establish a police pension fund. (b) Requirements.--The following shall apply to a police pension fund established under this...
- Section 14302 - Retirement And Final Discharge
(a) Requirements for ordinance.--With regard to continuous service and minimum retirement age requirements, the ordinance establishing the police pension fund shall prescribe as follows:...
- Section 14302.1 - Limited Vested Benefit
(a) Ordinance.--The ordinance establishing a police pension fund may provide for a limited vested benefit if the benefit would conform to section 305 of...
- Section 14303 - Allowance And Service Increments
(a) Allowance.--A payment for an allowance shall only be a charge on the police pension fund and may not be a charge on another...
- Section 14303.1 - Increase Of Allowances After Retirement
(a) Increase of allowance.--Upon the recommendation of the persons having custody and management of the police pension fund, a city may, at its discretion,...
- Section 14303.2 - Total Disability
(a) Injury sustained in the line of duty.--Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a police officer who becomes totally disabled due to an injury...
- Section 14304 - Inalienable Rights In Fund
Whenever an individual becomes entitled to receive an allowance from the police pension fund and has been admitted to participate in the fund, the...
- Section 14305 - Payments To Police Pension Fund By City
Unless otherwise required by the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205), known as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act, or...
- Section 14306 - Management Of Police Pension Fund
Only a person designated in accordance with section 14301(b)(4) (relating to police pension fund) shall be authorized to make decisions to hold, receive and...
- Section 14307 - Trust For Benefit Of Police Pension Fund
By gift, grant, devise or bequest, a city may take money or real, personal or mixed property in trust for the benefit of the...
- Section 14308 - Repayment Before Retirement
(a) Refund.--If a contributing member of the police pension fund ceases to be a member of the police force before becoming entitled to a...
- Section 14309 - (Reserved)
Subchapter B. Firefighters
- Section 14319 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 14320 - Firefighters Pension Fund, Management And Annuity Contracts
(a) Duty of city.--Except as provided in this subchapter, a city shall provide an annuity contract or establish, by ordinance, a firefighters pension fund....
- Section 14320.1 - Limited Vested Benefit For Firefighters
(a) Ordinance.--The ordinance establishing a firefighters pension fund may provide for a limited vested benefit if the benefit would conform to section 305 of...
- Section 14321 - Retirement And Final Discharge
(a) Ordinance.--With regard to continuous service and minimum age requirements, the ordinance establishing or regulations governing the firefighters pension fund shall prescribe as follows:...
- Section 14322 - Pensions And Service Increments
(a) Payments.--The following apply: (1) Payments of pensions shall only be a charge on the firefighters pension fund and shall not be a charge...
- Section 14322.1 - Increase Of Allowances After Retirement
(a) Recommendation.--A city may, at any time, at its discretion and upon the recommendation of the persons having custody and management of the firefighters...
- Section 14323 - Causes For Forfeiture Of Rights In Fund And Other Employments
(a) Requirement.--Whenever an individual becomes entitled to receive a pension from the firefighters pension fund and has been admitted to participate in the pension...
- Section 14324 - Payments To Firefighters Pension Fund By City
Unless otherwise required by the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205), known as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act, or...
- Section 14325 - Transfers From Other Pension Funds
(a) Transfers.--In any city where the members of the fire department are members of a pension fund not established solely for the purpose of...
- Section 14326 - Trusts For Benefit Of Firefighters Pension Fund
A city may take, by gift, grant, devise or bequest, any money or property, real, personal or mixed, in trust for the benefit of...
- Section 14327 - Repayment Before Retirement
(a) Refund.--If a contributing member of the firefighters pension fund ceases to be a member of the fire department before the member becomes entitled...
- Section 14328 - (Reserved)
Subchapter C. Pension for Employees Other Than Police Officers and City-Paid Firefighters
- Section 14339 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 14340 - Pension For Employees Other Than Police Or City-paid Firefighters
(a) Nonmembers.--Cities may create a pension fund for employees who are not members of the police force or city-paid fire department and surviving spouses...
- Section 14341 - Pension Board And Duties
(a) Members.--Any city which creates a pension fund in accordance with this subchapter shall establish a pension board consisting of the mayor, the city...
- Section 14342 - Retirement Age
In a city which has created a pension fund and board in accordance with this subchapter, an employee 60 years of age or older...
- Section 14343 - Retirement Allowance, Proof Of Disability And Joint And Single Coverage Members Defined
(a) Entitlement.-- (1) During the lifetime of an individual employed by a city creating a fund and board in accordance with this subchapter, the...
- Section 14343.1 - Retirement Allowances, Full Coverage And Payments
(a) Allowance.--If a city has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth to place certain employees under the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620,...
- Section 14343.2 - Limited Vested Benefit
(a) Ordinance.--In accordance with this subchapter, an ordinance creating a fund may provide for a limited vested benefit if it would conform to section...
- Section 14344 - Amount Of Payments Into Fund And Repayment Before Retirement
The employees of any city creating a fund and board in accordance with this subchapter shall pay monthly to the board an amount equal...
- Section 14344.1 - Determination Of Liability Upon Extension Of Social Security
(a) Determination.--If a city has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth to place its employees under the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620,...
- Section 14345 - Payments By Laborers Optional
Any individual holding a position in a city as a laborer at a per diem wage shall not be compelled to pay or contribute...
- Section 14346 - Heads Of Departments To Certify List Of Employees
The head of every department and office employing individuals entitled to receive a pension shall certify to the board all employees so employed and...
- Section 14347 - Receipt, Investment And Payment Of Funds
When deemed advisable, it shall be the duty of the board to receive, retain and invest the funds payable in accordance with the provisions...
- Section 14348 - Appropriations And Contributions To Fund
Council may annually set aside, apportion and appropriate, out of all taxes and income of the city, to the board a sum sufficient to...
- Section 14349 - Application
(a) Applicability.--The benefits provided for by this subchapter shall apply to all individuals employed in any capacity or holding positions in or, in the...
- Section 14350 - Computation Of Time Of Service
The time of service of 20 years shall be computed from the time of the first or original employment, which shall consist of service...
- Section 14351 - Funds Payable To Be Free Of Attachment
The compensation or pension shall not be subject to attachment or execution, shall be payable only to the beneficiary designated and shall not be...
- Section 14352 - (Reserved)
- Section 14353 - Beneficiaries Of Fund Not To Be Employed By City
No individual who becomes a beneficiary shall be employed by the city in any capacity. Subject to the provisions of section 14361 (relating to...
Subchapter D. Beneficiaries Serving in Elective Office
Last modified: October 8, 2016