71 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions
Subchapter A. Administration
- Section 5901 - The State Employees' Retirement Board
(a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an independent administrative board and consist of 11 members: the State Treasurer, ex officio, two Senators, two...
- Section 5902 - Administrative Duties Of The Board
(a) Employees.-- (1) Effective 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, the positions of secretary, assistant secretary and investment professional shall be...
- Section 5903 - Duties Of The Board To Advise And Report To Heads Of Departments And Members
(a) Manual of regulations.--The board shall, with the advice of the Attorney General and the actuary, prepare and provide, within 90 days of the...
- Section 5904 - Duties Of The Board To Report To The Public School Employees' Retirement Board
(a) Multiple service membership of State employees.--Upon receipt of an application for membership in the system of a State employee who is a former...
- Section 5905 - Duties Of The Board Regarding Applications And Elections Of Members
(a) Statement to new members.--As soon as practicable after each member shall have become an active member in the system, the board shall issue...
- Section 5905.1 - Installment Payments Of Accumulated Deductions
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, whenever a member elects to withdraw his total accumulated deductions pursuant to section 5311(a) (relating...
- Section 5906 - Duties Of Heads Of Departments
(a) Status of members.--The head of department shall, at the end of each pay period, notify the board in a manner prescribed by the...
- Section 5907 - Rights And Duties Of State Employees And Members
(a) Information on new employees.--Upon his assumption of duties each new State employee shall furnish the head of department with a complete record of...
- Section 5908 - Rights And Duties Of Annuitants
(a) Election by joint coverage annuitants.--Any annuitant who is a joint coverage member who was receiving an annuity prior to July 1, 1962, may...
Subchapter C. State Employees' Retirement Fund and Accounts
Subchapter E. General Provisions
- Section 5951 - State Guarantee
The required interest charges payable, the maintenance of reserves in the fund, and the payment of all annuities and other benefits granted by the...
- Section 5952 - State Supervision
The fund and ledger accounts provided for by this part shall be subject to the supervision of the State Insurance Department.
- Section 5953 - Taxation, Attachment And Assignment Of Funds
(a) General rule.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the right of a person to any benefit or right accrued...
- Section 5953.1 - Approval Of Domestic Relations Orders
(a) Certification.--A domestic relations order shall be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board, or his designated representative,...
- Section 5953.2 - Irrevocable Beneficiary
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic relations order may provide for an irrevocable beneficiary. A domestic relations order requiring the nomination...
- Section 5953.3 - Irrevocable Survivor Annuitant
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, a domestic relations order may provide for an irrevocable survivor annuitant. A domestic relations order requiring the...
- Section 5953.4 - Amendment Of Approved Domestic Relations Orders
(a) Deceased alternate payee.--In the event that the alternate payee predeceases the member and there are benefits payable to the alternate payee, the divorce...
- Section 5953.5 - Transfer Of Domestic Relations Orders Against County Pension Plans
(a) General rule.--If, at the time a county employee becomes a State employee pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 1905 (relating to county-level court administrators),...
- Section 5954 - Fraud And Adjustment Of Errors
(a) Penalty for fraud.--Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records...
- Section 5955 - Construction Of Part
Regardless of any other provision of law, pension rights of State employees shall be determined solely by this part or any amendment thereto, and...
- Section 5955.1 - Construction Of Part With Respect To Older Workers Protection
It is hereby found and declared that the provisions of this part constitute a bona fide retirement or pension plan within the meaning of...
- Section 5956 - Provisions Severable
The provisions of this part are severable and if any of its provisions shall be held to be unconstitutional, the decision of the court...
- Section 5957 - Independent Fiscal Office Study
The Independent Fiscal Office shall study and analyze the implementation of shared-risk contributions under section 5501.1 (relating to shared-risk member contributions for Class A-3...
Last modified: October 8, 2016