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11 PA Cons Stat § 14325 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14325 - Transfers from other pension funds

§ 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 pensioning members of the fire department, an amount equal to the money contributed to the other pension fund by members of the fire department who have not retired and a just and equitable proportion of the money contributed by the city to the other pension fund for the future retirement of members of the fire department shall be transferred from the other pension fund into the firefighters pension fund required under this chapter. The transfers may be made by the transfer of securities. The amounts to be transferred shall be amicably adjusted by the managers of the firefighters pension fund and the pension board having the charge of the other pension fund. In case of disagreement as to the amount to be transferred, the disagreement shall be resolved by council, whose action on the matter shall be final.  (b) Continuation.--Nothing under this section shall be construed to relieve any existing pension fund of its liability to continue the payment of pensions to retired members of the fire department in accordance with the laws and regulations under which the members were retired.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14326 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14326 - Trusts for benefit of firefighters pension fund

§ 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 the pension fund. The care, management, investment and disposal of the body of the trust shall be vested in the officer or officers of the city as the city may designate. The care, management and disposal shall be directed by ordinance and the body of the trust shall be governed by the ordinance, subject to directions not inconsistent with the ordinance, as the settlor of the trust may prescribe.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14327 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14327 - Repayment before retirement

§ 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 to a pension, the total amount of the contributions paid into the pension fund by the member shall be refunded in full without interest.  (b) Withdrawals.--If the fund returns to the member the amount contributed and afterward the individual again becomes a member of the fire department, the member shall not be entitled to the pension designated until 20 years after the member's reemployment, unless the member returns to the pension fund the amount withdrawn, in which event the period of 20 years shall be computed from the time the member first became a member of the fire department, excluding any period of time during which the member was not employed by the fire department.  (c) Death of a member.--In the event of the death of a member of the fire department, the total amount of contributions paid into the pension fund by the member shall be paid over to the member's estate if any of the following apply:  (1) the death did not occur in the line of duty; (2) the death occurs before the member becomes entitled to a pension; and (3) the member has no surviving spouse or family entitled to payments as provided in this subchapter.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14328 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14328 - (Reserved)

§ 14328. (Reserved).
11 PA Cons Stat § 14339 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14339 - Definitions

§ 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 indicates otherwise:  "Board." A pension board created by a city under section 14341(a) (relating to pension board and duties).  "Employed," "employed by the city" or "in the employment of any city." The terms include:  (1) Each individual in the service of cities creating a pension fund and a pension board in accordance with this subchapter, who is not, on June 28, 1951, otherwise protected by pensions authorized under this chapter.  (2) A volunteer firefighter who becomes a member of the pension fund. "Employees." The term includes: (1) Each individual in the service of cities creating a pension fund and a pension board in accordance with this subchapter, who is not, on June 28, 1951, otherwise protected by pensions authorized under this chapter.  (2) A volunteer firefighter who becomes a member of the pension fund. (3) Officers and officials of the city, whether elected or appointed. "Fund." A pension fund created by a city under section 14340(a) (relating to pension for employees other than police or city-paid firefighters).  "Volunteer firefighter." A driver of firefighting apparatus or ambulances, regularly employed and paid by a volunteer fire company rendering services recognized and accepted by a city.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14340 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14340 - Pension for employees other than police or city-paid firefighters

§ 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 of retired members if council so elects and the families of employees that are injured or killed in service in the manner, under the conditions and subject to the qualifications set forth in this subchapter.  (b) (Reserved).   Cross References. Section 14340 is referred to in section 14339 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14341 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14341 - Pension board and duties

§ 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 controller, the superintendent of finance, two employees to be chosen by the employees contributing to the pension fund and, if members of council participate in the pension fund and are members of the fund, a member of council chosen by council.  (b) Duties.--It shall be the duty of the board to register all individuals employed by the city, administer the collections and distribution of the pension fund and make reasonable rules as the board may deem necessary.    Cross References. Section 14341 is referred to in section 14339 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14342 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14342 - Retirement age

§ 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 who has been employed for a period of 20 years or more shall, upon application to the board, be retired from service and shall, subject to qualifications provided in this subchapter during the remainder of the employee's life, receive the pension or compensation fixed by this subchapter.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14343.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14343.1 - Retirement allowances, full coverage and payments

§ 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, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), the board may authorize any joint coverage member of the retirement system to elect, according to the provisions of this section, to receive compensation without the reduction provided for in section 14343 (relating to retirement allowance, proof of disability and joint and single coverage members defined), provided that the member shall make a lump-sum payment to the board or installment payments, as may be approved by the board, equal to the difference between the amount of the accumulated fund to the member's credit in the fund as of the last date for which salary or wages was paid and the amount which would have been to the member's credit in the fund if contributions had been made on that portion of the member's salary or wages on which Social Security allowances are payable at the same rate as made on that portion of the member's salary or wages in excess of that on which Social Security allowances are payable, from the time that the salary or wages became subject to Social Security coverage. Election shall be made in writing, in the form prescribed by the board, and shall be accompanied by the lump-sum payment or an agreement as to installment payments.  (b) Election.--The board may authorize a member to make the election under subsection (a) at any time, and, if made prior to retirement, the member shall, in addition to any lump-sum or installment payments required, pay to the board contributions on the member's entire salary or wages received after the election at the rate provided in this subchapter for monthly salary or wages in excess of that on which Social Security allowances are payable.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14343.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14343.2 - Limited vested benefit

§ 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 305 of the act of December 18, 1984 (P.L.1005, No.205), known as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act.  (a.1) Vesting.--Under a limited vested benefit, if a member of the fund terminates employment before reaching the date which would have been the member's earliest retirement date had the member continued employment by meeting the minimum age and minimum period of continuous service requirements but after having completed 12 years of full-time service, the member shall be entitled to vest the member's retirement benefits subject to the following conditions:  (1) The member must file with the management board of the fund a written notice of the member's intention to vest.  (2) The member must include in the notice the date the member intends to terminate the member's service as an employee.  (3) The termination date shall be at least 30 days later than the date of notice to vest. (4) The member must be in good standing with the city on the date of notice to vest. (5) The board shall indicate on the notice to vest the rate of monthly pay of the member as of the date of the notice to vest or the highest average annual salary which the member received during any five years of service preceding the date, whichever is higher.  (b) Collection.--Upon reaching the date which would have been the member's earliest retirement date had the member continued the member's employment with the city, the member shall notify the board, in writing, that the member desires to collect the member's pension. The amount of retirement benefits the member is entitled to receive under this section shall be computed as follows:  (1) The initial determination of the member's base retirement benefits shall be computed on the salary indicated on the notice to vest.  (2) The portion of the base retirement benefits due the member shall be determined by applying to the base amount the percentage that the member's years of service actually rendered bears to the years of service which would have been rendered had the member continued to be employed by the city until the member's earliest retirement date.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14344 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14344 - Amount of payments into fund and repayment before retirement

§ 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 to 2% of their monthly salaries or wages and, if council elects by ordinance to make payments, an additional amount not to exceed 1% if deemed necessary by council to provide sufficient funds for payments to the surviving spouses of members who were retired on pension or killed in service, which shall be applied to the purposes of the fund. Payment of the monthly amount or contribution under this section shall cease and be discontinued at the time the beneficiary receives their pension. If, for any cause, an employee contributing to the fund ceases to be an employee of the city before the employee becomes entitled to a pension, the total amount of the contributions paid into the fund by the employee shall be refunded to the employee in full, without interest. If an employer returns to the employee the amount contributed and reenters the employ of the city, the employee shall not be entitled to the pension designated until 20 years after reemployment, unless the employee shall return to the fund the amount withdrawn, in which event that period of 20 years shall be computed from the time the employee first enters the service of the city. In the event of the death of an employee before the employee becomes entitled to the pension, the total amount of contributions paid into the fund by the employee shall be paid over to the estate of the deceased employee.    Cross References. Section 14344 is referred to in section 14344.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14344.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14344.1 - Determination of liability upon extension of Social Security

§ 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, 42 U.S.C § 301 et seq.), the board shall appoint an actuary and may fix the employee's compensation. The actuary shall determine the present value of the liability on account of pensions payable under the provisions of section 14343 (relating to retirement allowance, proof of disability and joint and single coverage members defined) to employees who are members of the system on the effective date of the agreement and shall offset the value of any assets in the fund to determine the unfunded liability. The city may make payments toward the unfunded liability until the accumulated reserve equals the present value of the liability. The actuary shall also determine the amount which shall be contributed annually into the fund on account of service of all new and original members subsequent to the effective date of the agreement.  (b) Contribution.--Employees shall pay into the board, monthly, an amount equal to 3.5% of that portion of monthly compensation on which Social Security allowances are payable and 5% of any monthly compensation in excess of that on which Social Security allowances are payable. The remainder of the needed annual contribution for service subsequent to the date of the agreement, as determined by the actuary, shall become the obligation of the city and shall be paid by it to the board by annual appropriations. The provisions of this section shall, in all applicable cases, supersede the provisions relating to contributions in sections 14344 (relating to amount of payments into fund and repayment before retirement) and 14348 (relating to appropriations and contributions to fund).
11 PA Cons Stat § 14345 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14345 - Payments by laborers optional

§ 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 toward the fund but shall have the option of so doing and, in that event only, of becoming entitled to the pension provided for under this subchapter.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14346 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14346 - Heads of departments to certify list of employees

§ 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 the amount of salary or wages which is paid to employees, together with dismissals, resignations or terminations of service, and, from office or department records, furnish other relevant information as the board requires. In the case of a volunteer fire company, "head of department or office" shall mean the president or secretary of the board of trustees of the volunteer fire company.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14347 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14347 - Receipt, investment and payment of funds

§ 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 of this subchapter and pay over, by warrant or check, the amount due to employees.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14348 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14348 - Appropriations and contributions to fund

§ 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 maintain the pensions or compensations due on account of the city contributions for all employees, except volunteer firefighters. The board of trustees of the volunteer fire company employing and paying members shall annually contribute to the board a sum equal to the same percentage of its participating payroll as the amount contributed by the city for the same year bears to its participating payroll for each volunteer firefighter member becoming a member of the fund.    Cross References. Section 14348 is referred to in section 14344.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14349 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14349 - Application

§ 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 case of a volunteer firefighter, rendering services recognized and accepted by a city creating a fund and board in accordance with provisions of this subchapter. This subchapter shall not apply to employees of departments, bureaus or offices which are otherwise protected by pensions authorized by this chapter.  (b) Membership.--Any volunteer firefighter may become a member of a fund as of the date of the volunteer firefighter's original employment or of the inception of the fund, whichever is later, upon the volunteer firefighter making back contributions and if the volunteer fire company or its board of trustees employing and paying the volunteer firefighter agrees to contribute and contributes to the fund the required sums.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14350 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14350 - Computation of time of service

§ 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 to the city and need not be continuous.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14351 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14351 - Funds payable to be free of attachment

§ 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 subject to assignment or transfer.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14352 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14352 - (Reserved)

§ 14352. (Reserved).
11 PA Cons Stat § 14353 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14353 - Beneficiaries of fund not to be employed by city

§ 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 right to a pension if salary refused), nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an individual who becomes a beneficiary from serving in an elective city office.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14361 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 143 - Pensions|Section 14361 - Right to a pension if salary refused

§ 14361. Right to a pension if salary refused. In a city governed by the provisions of this part, the act of July 15, 1957 (P.L.901, No.399), known as the Optional Third Class City Charter Law, or 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. III Subpt. E (relating to home rule and optional plan government), a beneficiary serving in an elective city office shall not be prohibited from receiving a pension for any month in which the beneficiary does not accept a salary from serving in the elective office.    Cross References. Section 14361 is referred to in section 14353 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14401 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 144 - Civil Service|Section 14401 - Examinations required of all appointees

§ 14401. Examinations required of all appointees. No individual may be appointed to any uniformed position in the police or fire department, excluding chiefs, unless all of the following apply:  (1) The individual passed all examinations as provided for under this chapter. (2) The individual was appointed in the manner and according to the terms, provisions and conditions of this chapter.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14402 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 144 - Civil Service|Section 14402 - Appointment of civil service board

§ 14402. Appointment of civil service board. Cities shall establish a civil service board that shall provide for and oversee the examination of applicants for appointment and promotion to any position in the police or fire department. Council shall appoint three city residents to the board who shall serve four-year terms or until their successors are appointed and qualified, except for the initial appointment of board members as provided for in section 14403 (relating to civil service board and quorum). Any individual who is a registered elector of the city may be appointed to the board. No city officer, official or employee shall be eligible for appointment to the civil service board.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14402.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 144 - Civil Service|Section 14402.1 - Existing civil service positions

§ 14402.1. Existing civil service positions. All nonuniformed employees in city positions that were subject to civil service regulation immediately prior to May 19, 2014, shall continue to be subject to civil service regulation otherwise provided in this chapter for uniformed employees with regard to the nonuniformed positions.