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24 PA Cons Stat § 8546 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 85 - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 8546 - Requirements and limitations of firms

§ 8546. Requirements and limitations of firms. (a) Equity, commodity or absolute return exposure firms.--Firms considered to provide equity, commodity or absolute return exposure may not have more than $1,500,000,000 of total assets under management when hired. If the total assets under management exceed $3,000,000,000, the investment managers shall be terminated in a reasonable period of time.  (b) Fixed-income exposure firms.--Firms considered to provide fixed-income exposure shall have no more than $3,000,000,000 of total assets under management when hired. If the total assets under management exceeds $6,000,000,000, existing investment managers shall be terminated within a reasonable period of time.  (c) Performance-based fee accounts.--For performance-based fee accounts, a manager must exceed both a hurdle rate and a high water mark before the manager can earn the performance-based fee.  (d) Transition to main fund.--Investment managers hired into the program may continue in the program for a period of at least three years, but not more than five years. If the investment manager generates strong risk adjusted returns, the Investment Office shall use best efforts to make a place in the main fund for the investment manager. The Investment Office shall consider things such as the investment manager's assets under management and projected ability to continue generating strong risk adjusted returns in the future.
24 PA Cons Stat § 8701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 87 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 8701 - Short title of part

§ 8701. Short title of part. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Act.
24 PA Cons Stat § 8702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 87 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 8702 - Definitions

§ 8702. Definitions. (a) General rule.--Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this part which are applicable to specific provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when used in this part shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Eligible person." An individual who is:  (1) an annuitant or survivor annuitant or the spouse or dependent of an annuitant or survivor annuitant; or  (2) a Class DC participant who has terminated school service, who has at least 10 eligibility points, who is Medicare eligible and who has received all or part of their distributions, or a successor payee or the spouse or dependent of a Class DC participant described under this paragraph or successor payee.  "Fund." The Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund.  "Plan year." The period July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001, shall be the first plan year. After December 31, 2001, the plan year shall be the calendar year.  "Program." The group health insurance program that may be sponsored by the Public School Employees' Retirement Board under this part.  "Reserve account." The restricted receipt account established in section 8902(b) (relating to Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund).  (b) Additional terms.--Any term used in this part not defined in subsection (a) shall be governed by the definitions given in Part IV (relating to retirement for school employees), and the definitions set forth in Part IV shall be deemed to be incorporated into this part.  (June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.; July 2, 2019, P.L.434, No.72, eff. 60 days)   2019 Amendment. Act 72 amended the def. of "eligible person" in subsec. (a). See section 6.2 of Act 72 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to severability.  2017 Amendment. Act 5 amended the def. of "eligible person" in subsec. (a).
24 PA Cons Stat § 8901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 89 - Group Health Insurance Program|Section 8901 - Administration

§ 8901. Administration. The board may sponsor a group health insurance program to be funded by and for eligible persons. The board may administer the program itself or through any legal entity authorized by law to do so. The program may also be administered in whole or in part on a fully insured or self-funded basis at the board's sole discretion. In addition to the powers granted by other provisions of this part, the board shall have the powers necessary or convenient to carry out this part, including, but not limited to, the power to:  (1) Set and adjust premium rates sufficient to maintain the adequacy of the reserve established by this part and to fully fund the benefits offered by and to pay for the administrative expenses related to the program.  (2) Determine and make necessary changes to the benefit structure for the program.  (3) Determine enrollment procedures.  (4) Impose and collect necessary fees and charges.  (5) Establish an annual budget for the program and make disbursements from the fund that are consistent with the budget.  (6) Contract for goods, equipment, services, consultants and other professional personnel as needed to operate the program.  (7) Provide for an annual audit of the fund and the program by an independent certified public accounting firm.  (8) Terminate the program or any portion of the program at any time if, in the board's discretion, it is prudent to do so.  (9) Solicit and accept gifts, grants, loans and other aid from any person, corporation or other legal entity or from the Federal, State or local government and participate in any Federal, State or local government program if necessary for prudent management of the program.  (10) Hear and determine any claims and controversies under this part under 2 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5 Subch. A (relating to practice and procedure of Commonwealth agencies) and Ch. 7 Subch. A (relating to judicial review of Commonwealth agency action). The board's jurisdiction under this paragraph shall be exclusive.  (11) Promulgate rules and regulations regarding the program.
24 PA Cons Stat § 8902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 89 - Group Health Insurance Program|Section 8902 - Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund

§ 8902. Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund.  (a) Establishment of fund.--The Public School Retirees' Health Insurance Fund is established in the State Treasury. The moneys of the fund are appropriated on a continuing basis and shall be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in this part. All of the assets of the fund shall be maintained and accounted for, separate from all other funds and moneys of the Commonwealth and the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund identified in section 8522 (relating to Public School Employees' Retirement Fund).  (b) Reserve account.--  (1) A restricted reserve account is established within the fund for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a reserve sufficient to pay the expected claims experience of the program in the event the board elects to self-fund all or a portion of the program for any plan years. For the plan year 2002 and each plan year thereafter, the board shall annually establish through an actuary retained by the board the amount necessary, if any, to maintain this reserve in the event the board elects to self-fund all or a portion of the program for any plan years. Any moneys needed to maintain the reserve established by this subsection shall be collected through the adjustment of premium rates or through other available sources.  (2) The moneys in the reserve account may be invested by the board separate from other moneys of the fund. All earnings derived from investment of the assets of the reserve account shall be credited to the reserve account.  (c) Transfers.--The board may transfer moneys among the various accounts of the fund, including the reserve account established by subsection (b), as may be necessary to satisfy the provisions of this part. Transfers from the reserve account may be made only for the payment of claims or expected claims as determined by the actuary retained by the board.  (d) Administration.--The assets of the fund shall be preserved, invested and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes set forth in this part.  (e) Composition.--The fund shall consist of:  (1) All payments made by eligible persons or received from the health insurance account established by section 8526  (relating to health insurance account) and all interest, earnings and additions thereto.  (2) Any other money, public or private, appropriated or made available to the board for the fund or the reserve account from any source and all interest, earnings and additions thereto.  Cross References. Section 8902 is referred to in section 8702 of this title.
24 PA Cons Stat § 8903 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 89 - Group Health Insurance Program|Section 8903 - Management of fund

§ 8903. Management of fund.  (a) Control and management of fund.--The members of the board shall be the trustees of the fund. Regardless of any other provisions of law governing the investment of funds under the control of an administrative board of the State government, the trustees shall have exclusive control and management of the fund and full power to invest the fund in accordance with the provisions of this section, subject, however, to the exercise of that degree of judgment, skill and care under the circumstances then prevailing which persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence who are familiar with such matters exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of the fund, considering the probable income to be derived therefrom as well as the probable safety of their capital. The trustees shall have the power to hold, purchase, sell, lend, assign, transfer or dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the moneys in the fund shall have been invested as well as of the proceeds of the investments, including, but not limited to, directed commissions which have accrued to the benefit of the fund as a consequence of the investments and of the moneys belonging to the fund, subject in every case to meeting the standard of prudence set forth in this section.  (b) Custodian of fund.--The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund.  (c) Payment from fund.--All payments from the fund shall be made by the State Treasurer in accordance with requisitions signed by the secretary of the board or the secretary's designees and ratified by resolution of the board. The board shall reimburse the State Treasurer for the cost of making disbursements from the fund in the manner provided by law.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 91 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 9101 - Status of program relative to Public School Employees' Retirement Code

§ 9101. Status of program relative to Public School Employees' Retirement Code.   (a) General rule.--The program shall be an approved health insurance program for purposes of section 8505(i) (relating to duties of board regarding applications and elections of members) and shall be an approved insurance carrier for purposes of section 8509 (relating to health insurance premium assistance program).  (b) State guarantee.--The program shall not be subject to the provisions of section 8531 (relating to State guarantee).  (c) Hold harmless.--Neither the Commonwealth nor the board, including their respective officers, directors and employees, shall be liable for any claims, demands, actions or liability of any nature, including, but not limited to, attorney fees and court costs, based upon or arising out of the operation of the program, whether incurred directly or indirectly. The eligible participants who enroll and participate in the program shall be deemed to agree, on behalf of themselves and their heirs, successors and assigns, to hold harmless the Commonwealth and the board, including their respective officers, directors and employees, from any claims, demands, actions or liability of any nature, whether directly or indirectly, including attorney fees and court costs, based upon or arising out of the operation of the program.  (d) No recourse.--Under no circumstances shall the assets of the Commonwealth or those that comprise the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund as set forth in section 8522 (relating to Public School Employees' Retirement Fund) be liable for or used to pay any claims, demands, actions or liability of any nature, whether directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, attorney fees and court costs, based upon or arising out of the operation of the program.  (e) Reservation of immunities.--Nothing contained in this part shall be construed as a waiver of the Commonwealth's or board's immunities, defenses, rights or actions arising out of their sovereign status or from the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 91 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 9102 - Construction of part

§ 9102. Construction of part.  (a) General rule.--No provision of this part shall be construed as a cancellation of any existing health insurance program operated by the board or referenced in section 32 of the act of August 5, 1991 (P.L.183, No.23), entitled "An act amending Titles 24 (Education) and 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the Public School Employees' Retirement System and the State Employees' Retirement System; adding and amending certain definitions; further providing for membership in the systems, for creditable nonschool and nonstate service and the purchase of credit, for incentives for special early retirement, for contributions to the retirement funds, for annuities and the rights and duties of annuitants, for health insurance premium assistance, for board membership and for the re-amortization and management of the retirement funds."  (b) Nature of rights.--Any termination or other modification of the program, including, but not limited to, a change in premium rates, benefit options or structure or insurance providers, shall not give rise to any contractual rights or claims by any eligible persons or any other person claiming an interest, either directly or indirectly, in the program. No provision of this part nor any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this part shall create in any person a contractual right in that provision.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 93 - Public Library Code|Section 9301 - Scope of chapter

§ 9301. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to public libraries.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9312 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 93 - Public Library Code|Section 9312 - Advisory council

§ 9312. Advisory council.   (a) Creation.--The Advisory Council on Library Development is established and administered by the department.  (b) Appointment by Governor.--The advisory council shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Governor, as follows: (1) Three trustees of local libraries. (2) Six professional librarians. (3) Three laypeople.  (c) Ex officio members.--The Secretary of Education and the State Librarian shall be ex officio members of the advisory council.  (d) Term of office.--Each member of the advisory council shall serve for four years, from the third Tuesday of January of the year in which he takes office or until his successor has been appointed and qualified.  (e) Expenses.--Except for reimbursement for travel and other actual expenses incurred in the performance of his duties, each member of the advisory council shall serve without compensation.  (f) Chairperson.--The Governor shall designate one member of the advisory council as chairperson.  (g) Meetings.--The advisory council shall meet at least four times a year at such times and places as it shall determine.  (h) Powers and duties.--The advisory council shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Advise the Governor and the Secretary of Education regarding the appointment of the State Librarian. (2) Advise and make recommendations to the Governor, the Secretary of Education and the State Librarian regarding the general policies and operations of the State Library and the State system of aid to libraries. (3) Constitute a board of appeal regarding disputes arising from decisions of the State Librarian which affect the amount of a library's State aid or a library's eligibility for State aid. In any appeal, the ex officio members of the advisory council shall not have voting rights, and a majority of the members of the advisory council shall determine the outcome of the appeal. (4) Aid in increasing public understanding of and formulating plans for furthering the purposes of this chapter. (5) Promulgate rules and regulations for the approval of plans for the use of State funds and for the process and procedure to appeal funding and eligibility decisions. (6) Approve or disapprove library district service areas which are recommended by the State Librarian.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 2(5) of Act 210 of 2012 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to composition of advisory council.  Cross References. Section 9312 is referred to in section 9302 of this title.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9313 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 93 - Public Library Code|Section 9313 - Statewide library resource centers

§ 9313. Statewide library resource centers.   (a) Designation.--The State Librarian shall designate four Statewide library resource centers to be located at the following places: (1) Free Library of Philadelphia. (2) Pennsylvania State Library. (3) Pennsylvania State University Library. (4) Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.  (b) Powers and duties.--A Statewide library resource center shall: (1) Have the responsibility and power to acquire major research collections. (2) Make research collections available to the residents of this Commonwealth on a Statewide basis under rules and regulations promulgated by a board consisting of the head librarians of all Statewide library resource centers and under the chairmanship of the State Librarian.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9314 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 93 - Public Library Code|Section 9314 - District library centers

§ 9314. District library centers.   (a) Designation.--With the approval of the advisory council, the State Librarian shall designate up to 30 libraries throughout this Commonwealth as district library centers which may include: (1) any local library; (2) any State college library; (3) the Pennsylvania State University Library; or (4) any privately supported college or university library which agrees to serve as a district library center.  (b) Powers and duties.--A district library center may: (1) Coordinate the services of local libraries within the district library center system by contracting with a municipality or board of trustees or managers of a local library to become part of the system. (2) Provide direct library service without charge to all residents of the district. (3) Provide supplementary library services to all local libraries within the district. (4) Exchange or provide services with other district library centers or contract for the provision of library services with other district library centers.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9316 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 93 - Public Library Code|Section 9316 - Acquisition of real property for library purposes

§ 9316. Acquisition of real property for library purposes.   (a) Purchase or lease of real property.--A municipality may acquire lands and buildings for local library purposes by the: (1) purchase, setting apart or lease of lands and buildings or parts of buildings already owned by the municipality; (2) erection of buildings; or (3) alteration of existing buildings to make them suitable for local library purposes.  (b) Acquisition costs.--A municipality may provide for the cost of an acquisition under subsection (a) in the same manner as other buildings are acquired for use for municipal purposes.  (c) Use of library tax proceeds.--If a municipality has authorized a library tax, the directors of the library may remit any funds accumulated in excess of the necessary costs of establishing, maintaining or aiding the library to the municipal officers of the municipality, which funds shall be used for the purposes provided in subsection (a).  (d) Taking of private property.--A municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, purchase, enter upon and appropriate private property within its limits for the purpose of erecting or enlarging public library buildings.  (e) Board of viewers.--The court of common pleas shall appoint a board of viewers for the assessment of damages caused by the taking of private property for public library purposes if: (1) a petition is filed by the municipal officers or any interested person; and (2) the municipality and the owners of the private property cannot agree on the compensation to be paid for the property.  (f) Viewing proceedings.--The proceedings before the board of viewers for the allowance of damages for property taken, injured or destroyed and the proceedings upon its report shall be as provided in other cases where such municipality appropriates private property for municipal purposes.  (g) Bond issue.--The qualified voters of a municipality shall determine at a special election whether to execute a bonded indebtedness for purchasing grounds and erecting buildings for library purposes under the following procedures: (1) If petitioned for by 5% of the registered voters of a municipality, the municipal officers of a municipality shall submit to the qualified voters the question of execution of a bonded indebtedness. (2) A special election under this subsection shall be held at the time of the next general, municipal or primary election.
24 PA Cons Stat § 9319 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 24 - EDUCATION|Chapter 93 - Public Library Code|Section 9319 - Certification of library personnel

§ 9319. Certification of library personnel.   (a) Categories of personnel.--The State Librarian shall certify library personnel according to the following categories and with the following qualifications: (1) Library assistants shall have two years of college education in addition to in-service library training. (2) Provisional librarians shall have a college degree and introductory education in library service. (3) Professional librarians shall have a college degree in addition to one or more academic years of professional library education.  (b) Equivalent experience.--The State Librarian may promulgate rules and regulations providing for the certification of persons in the categories set forth in subsection (a) based on actual library experience as equivalent to the minimum educational requirements under subsection (a).  (c) Continuing education.--The State Librarian may promulgate rules and regulations relating to continuing education requirements for library assistants, provisional librarians and professional librarians.  (d) Excepted personnel.--This section does not apply to clerks, typists, volunteer workers or other personnel who do not need special library training.