2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT › Chapter 57 - Benefits › Section 5708.4 - Special supplemental postretirement adjustment

§ 5708.4. Special supplemental postretirement adjustment.
(a) Eligibility.--
An annuitant who:
(1) retired after February 28, 1974, and before January 1, 1985;
(2) has military service as set forth in section 5304(c)(1) or (2) (relating to creditable nonstate service);
(3) is receiving or will receive retirement pay under 10 U.S.C. Ch. 67 (relating to retired pay for nonregular service) for this military service; and
(4) has not purchased nonstate service credit for this military service;
shall be eligible for this special supplemental postretirement adjustment.
(b) Calculation of adjustment.--
The monthly amount of this special supplemental postretirement adjustment shall be equal to the final average salary multiplied by 2% multiplied by the years of this military service divided by 12 multiplied by any applicable early retirement or option factors.
(c) Adjustment paid.--
Upon receipt of a timely request by an eligible annuitant, the system shall pay this special supplemental postretirement adjustment monthly from the effective date of this section.
(d) Adjustment enacted after death of annuitant.--
No special supplemental postretirement adjustment enacted after the death of an annuitant shall be payable to the beneficiary or survivor annuitant of the deceased annuitant.
(e) Future supplemental annuities.--
This special supplemental postretirement adjustment shall be included in the total annuity, and this military service shall be included in the total credited service in determining all future supplemental annuities.
(f) Time limitations.--
An annuitant who is eligible for this special supplemental postretirement adjustment shall have two years from the effective date of this section within which to make a request to the system for the adjustment established in this section.
(g) Court-ordered purchase of nonstate service.--
If a court of competent jurisdiction rules that an annuitant who is receiving or will receive retirement pay under 10 U.S.C. Ch. 67 for this military service is eligible under section 5304(c)(1) or (2) to purchase nonstate service credit for this military service, this special supplemental postretirement adjustment shall stop with the annuitant's purchase of nonstate service credit for this military service, and the total amount of this special supplemental postretirement adjustment paid to the annuitant from the effective date of this section shall be subtracted from any increase in the annuity caused by the court-ordered purchase of nonstate service credit for this military service.
(Dec. 18, 1996, P.L.1115, No.167, eff. imd.)
1996 Amendment.
Act 167 added section 5708.4. Section 3 of Act 167 provided that Act 167 shall be retroactive to January 1, 1974, only for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive special supplemental postretirement adjustments, and section 4 of Act 167 provided that no payments under section 5708.4 shall be made to any eligible annuitant for any period of time prior to the effective date of Act 167.
Cross References.
Section 5708.4 is referred to in sections 5507, 5508, 5708.5, 5708.6, 5708.7, 5708.8, 5938 of this title.