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71 PA Cons Stat § 5938 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5938 - Supplemental annuity account

§ 5938. Supplemental annuity account. The supplemental annuity account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited all contributions from the Commonwealth and other employers in accordance with section 5507(b) (relating to contributions to the system by the Commonwealth and other employers) for the payment of the supplemental annuities provided in sections 5708 (relating to supplemental annuities), 5708.1 (relating to additional supplemental annuities), 5708.2 (relating to further additional supplemental annuities), 5708.3 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 1994), 5708.4 (relating to special supplemental postretirement adjustment), 5708.5 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 1998), 5708.6 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 2002), 5708.7 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 2003) and 5708.8 (relating to special supplemental postretirement adjustment of 2002) made before July 1, 2010, the amount transferred from the State accumulation account to provide all additional reserves necessary as of June 30, 2010, to pay such supplemental annuities and adjustments, and the amounts transferred from the State accumulation account to provide all additional reserves necessary as a result of supplemental annuities enacted after December 31, 2009. The supplemental annuity account shall be credited with valuation interest. The reserves necessary for the payment of such supplemental annuities shall be transferred from the supplemental annuity account to the annuity reserve account as provided in section 5935 (relating to annuity reserve account).  (Aug. 5, 1991, P.L.183, No.23, eff. imd.; June 18, 1998, P.L.685, No.88, eff. imd.; May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9, eff. July 1, 2002; Apr. 23, 2002, P.L.272, No.38, eff. imd.; Nov. 23, 2010, P.L.1269, No.120, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)    Cross References. Section 5938 is referred to in sections 5932, 5935 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5939 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5939 - Interest reserve account

§ 5939. Interest reserve account. The interest reserve account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited all income earned by the fund and to which shall be charged all administrative and investment expenses incurred by the fund. At the end of each year the required interest shall be transferred from the interest reserve account to the credit of each of the accounts of the fund in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. In addition, at the end of each accounting period, the interest reserve account shall be credited or charged with all recognized changes in the market valuation of the investments of the fund. The administrative and investment expenses of the board relating to the administration of the system and investments of the fund shall be paid from the fund out of earnings. Any surplus or deficit in the interest reserve account at the end of each year shall be transferred to the State accumulation account.  (Mar. 4, 1982, P.L.141, No.45, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 5939 is referred to in section 5932 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5940 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5940 - Northern Ireland-related investments

§ 5940. Northern Ireland-related investments.   (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the effective date of this section, any moneys or assets of the fund which shall remain or be invested in the stocks, securities or other obligations of any institution or company doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with agencies or instrumentalities thereof shall be invested subject to the provisions of subsection (c).  (b) Annual review.--On or before January 1 of each year, the board shall determine the existence of affirmative action taken by institutions or companies doing business in Northern Ireland to eliminate ethnic or religious discrimination based on actions taken for: (1) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical and technical jobs. (2) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees, both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work. (3) The banning of provocative religious or political emblems from the workplace. (4) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups. (5) Providing that layoff, recall and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings. (6) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin. (7) The development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the skills of minority employees. (8) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancement. (9) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of timetables to carry out affirmative action principles.  (c) Investments.--Consistent with sound investment policy, the board shall invest the assets of the fund in such a manner that the investments in institutions doing business in or with Northern Ireland shall reflect the advances made by such institutions in eliminating discrimination as established pursuant to subsection (b).  (May 28, 1992, P.L.256, No.42, eff. imd.)    1992 Amendment. Act 42 added section 5940.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5941 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5941 - Benefits completion plan

§ 5941. Benefits completion plan. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board shall establish and serve as trustee of a retirement benefit plan within the meaning of, in conformity with and then only to the extent and so long as permitted by IRC § 415(m) for the purpose of providing such retirement benefits as would otherwise have been payable under this part to annuitants of the system on or after July 2, 2001, but for the application of the limitations on benefits of IRC § 415. The board may, in its sole discretion and within the limits of IRC § 415(m) and this section, determine all terms and provisions of the plan, including, but not limited to, the cost of and procedures for funding the plan as provided in this section. The Commonwealth and other employers whose employees are members of the system shall make contributions to the plan on behalf of all members in such amounts as shall be certified by the board.  (Dec. 30, 2002, P.L.2082, No.234, eff. imd.)   2002 Amendment. Act 234 added section 5941. See section 6 of Act 234 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to payments under benefits completion plan.  Cross References. Section 5941 is referred to in sections 5507, 5508 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5951 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5951 - State guarantee regarding the system

§ 5951. State guarantee regarding the system. The required interest charges payable, the maintenance of reserves in the fund, and the payment of all annuities and other benefits granted by the board from the system under the provisions of this part relating to the establishment and administration of the system are hereby made obligations of the Commonwealth. All income, interest, and dividends derived from deposits and investments of the system authorized by this part shall be used for the payment of the said obligations of the Commonwealth and shall not be used for any obligation of the plan or trust.  (June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)
71 PA Cons Stat § 5952 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5952 - State supervision

§ 5952. State supervision.  The fund and ledger accounts provided for by this part shall be subject to the supervision of the State Insurance Department.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5953.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5953.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary

§ 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 of an irrevocable beneficiary shall be deemed to be one that requires a member or participant to nominate an alternate payee as a beneficiary and that prohibits the removal or change of that beneficiary without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction, except by operation of law. Such a domestic relations order may be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board, or his designated representative, after the member or participant makes such nomination, in which case the irrevocable beneficiary so ordered by the court cannot be changed by the member or participant without approval by the court.  (Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.159, No.29, eff. 60 days; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 5953.2 is referred to in section 5812 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5953.3 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5953.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant

§ 5953.3. Irrevocable survivor annuitant. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, a domestic relations order pertaining to a member may provide for an irrevocable survivor annuitant. A domestic relations order requiring the designation of an irrevocable survivor annuitant shall be deemed to be one that requires a member to designate an alternate payee as a survivor annuitant and that prohibits the removal or change of that survivor annuitant without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction, except by operation of law. Such a domestic relations order may be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board, or his designated representative, in which case the irrevocable survivor annuitant so ordered by the court cannot be changed by the member without approval by the court. A person ineligible to be designated as a survivor annuitant may not be designated as an irrevocable survivor annuitant.  (Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.159, No.29, eff. 60 days; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 5953.3 is referred to in section 5812 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5953.4 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5953.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders

§ 5953.4. Amendment of approved domestic relations orders. (a) Deceased alternate payee.--In the event that the alternate payee predeceases the member or the participant and there are benefits payable to the alternate payee, the divorce court may amend the approved domestic relations order to substitute a person for the deceased alternate payee to receive any benefits payable to the deceased alternate payee.  (b) Recertification of amended order.--If a divorce court amends the approved domestic relations order for any reason, then the amended order must be submitted for recertification as an approved domestic relations order as set forth in this part.  (Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.159, No.29, eff. 60 days; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)   2017 Amendment. Act 5 amended subsec. (a).  1994 Amendment. Act 29 added section 5953.4.  Cross References. Section 5953.4 is referred to in section 5812 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5953.6 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5953.6 - Irrevocable successor payee

§ 5953.6. Irrevocable successor payee. (a) Condition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic relations order pertaining to a participant may provide for an irrevocable successor payee if the participant is receiving a payment under a payment option provided by the board that allows for a successor payee.  (b) Determination.--A domestic relations order requiring the designation of an irrevocable successor payee is an order which:  (1) requires a participant who is receiving payments from an annuity or other distribution option to designate an alternate payee as a successor payee; and  (2) except by operation of law, prohibits the removal or change of the successor payee without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction.  (c) Certification.--A domestic relations order under subsection (b) may be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board or his designated representative. If a domestic relations order is certified under this subsection, the irrevocable successor payee ordered by the court shall not be changed by the participant without approval by the court.  (d) Ineligibility.--A person ineligible to be designated as a successor payee shall not be designated as an irrevocable successor payee. A court shall not name an irrevocable successor payee if the alternate payee is eligible to receive a lump sum distribution of the alternate payee's portion of the marital portion of the pension benefit.  (June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)   2017 Amendment. Act 5 added section 5953.6.  Cross References. Section 5953.6 is referred to in section 5812 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5954 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5954 - Fraud and adjustment of errors

§ 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 of this system or plan in any attempt to defraud the system or plan as a result of such act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.  (b) Adjustment of errors.--Should any change or mistake in records result in any member, participant, beneficiary, survivor annuitant or successor payee receiving from the system or plan more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then regardless of the intentional or unintentional nature of the error and upon the discovery of such error, the board shall correct the error and if the error affected contributions to or payments from the system, then so far as practicable shall adjust the payments which may be made for and to such person in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which he was correctly entitled shall be paid. If the error affected contributions to or payments from the plan, the board shall take action as provided for in the plan document.  (Oct. 7, 1975, P.L.348, No.101, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)
71 PA Cons Stat § 5955.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5955.1 - Construction of part with respect to older workers protection

§ 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 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Public Law 90-202, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.) and the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and that the intent of section 5955 (relating to construction of part) as originally enacted and as subsequently amended is to require the pension rights of State employees to be determined solely by this part and any amendments thereto, regardless of any other provision of State law, subject only to such further requirements, exceptions or limitations as may be set forth in section 5955 or as may be imposed by reason of any provision of the Federal or State Constitution. Any provision of this part which is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (Public Law 101-433, 104 Stat. 978) and the rules and regulations of the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under such Federal laws shall be deemed not inconsistent with such provisions of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Act as relate to discrimination on the basis of age with respect to the terms, conditions or privileges of employment.  (Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.159, No.29, eff. 60 days)    1994 Amendment. Act 29 added section 5955.1.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5956 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5956 - Provisions severable

§ 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 shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that this part would have been adopted had such unconstitutional provisions not been included.
71 PA Cons Stat § 5957 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions|Section 5957 - Independent Fiscal Office study

§ 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 and shared-gain adjustments to regular member contributions) and its impact on the system. The study shall be completed by December 31, 2015, and shall be transmitted to the Appropriations Committee and the Finance Committee of the Senate, the Appropriations Committee and the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives and to the Governor.  (Nov. 23, 2010, P.L.1269, No.120, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)
72 PA Cons Stat § 3111 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 72 - TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 31 - Microenterprise Assistance|Section 3111 - Purpose

§ 3111. Purpose. An administrative entity may create a microenterprise loan program to assist start-up entrepreneurs and, to the extent possible, low-income individuals and diverse groups in the establishment of a microenterprise.
72 PA Cons Stat § 3112 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 72 - TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 31 - Microenterprise Assistance|Section 3112 - Powers of administrative entity

§ 3112. Powers of administrative entity. (a) General rule.--In addition to powers granted to an administrative entity in other laws, an administrative entity shall have the following powers necessary to operate a program:  (1) To issue loans to microenterprises that will operate on property owned by the administrative entity and leased to the microenterprise. The program shall target microenterprises owned by low-income individuals and diverse groups who are residents of this Commonwealth.  (2) To negotiate for loans and grants from both public and private sources in order to fund the program.  (3) To acquire property to lease to start-up entrepreneurs in order to facilitate the establishment of a microenterprise.  (4) To enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with other administrative entities or municipalities relative to the operations of the program.  (b) Eminent domain.--An administrative entity does not possess the power of eminent domain by establishing and implementing a program.
72 PA Cons Stat § 3113 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 72 - TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 31 - Microenterprise Assistance|Section 3113 - Acquisition of property and responsibilities

§ 3113. Acquisition of property and responsibilities. (a) General rule.--An administrative entity may acquire real property to lease to start-up entrepreneurs who receive a microenterprise loan under the program in the following manners:  (1) An administrative entity may acquire real property by purchase contracts, lease purchase agreements, installment sales contracts and land contracts and may accept transfers from municipalities upon terms and conditions as agreed to by the administrative entity and the municipality.  (2) A municipality may transfer to an administrative entity real property and interests in real property of the municipality on terms and conditions and according to procedures determined by the municipality so long as the real property is located within the jurisdiction of the municipality.  (3) A redevelopment authority may, with the consent of the local governing body and without a redevelopment contract, convey property which the redevelopment authority acquired before the effective date of this paragraph to the administrative entity. A conveyance under this paragraph shall be with fee simple title, free of all liens and encumbrances.  (4) An administrative entity may, if authorized by the jurisdiction that created an authority or otherwise by intergovernmental cooperation agreement, accept donations of real property and extinguish delinquent claims for taxes as to the property under section 5.1 of the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153), referred to as the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, or section 303 of the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax Sale Law. For the purposes of this paragraph, the administrative entity shall have all rights and obligations of the municipality provided for in section 5.1 of the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.  (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a tax-delinquent property offered at judicial sale is not sold, the trustee may donate the property to an administrative entity for the purpose of this chapter after written notification of the transfer to all interested parties.  (b) Title to be held in its name.--An administrative entity shall hold in its own name all real property it acquires to administer the microenterprise program under this chapter.
72 PA Cons Stat § 3114 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 72 - TAXATION AND FISCAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 31 - Microenterprise Assistance|Section 3114 - Funding

§ 3114. Funding. (a) General rule.--The administrative entity may receive funding through grants from:  (1) The Federal Government. (2) The Commonwealth. (3) A municipality that created the administrative entity. (4) Private sources. (b) Revenue.--An administrative entity may receive and retain payments for services rendered, for rents and leasehold payments received, for consideration for disposition of real and personal property, for proceeds of insurance coverage for losses incurred, for income from investments and for an asset and activity lawfully permitted to the administrative entity under this chapter.