Title 71, STATE GOVERNMENT

(a) Eligibility.--An active member or inactive member on leave without pay who was an employee transferred from the Department of Education to the Department of Corrections pursuant to section 908-B of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code o…

(a) Eligibility.-- (1) An active member who first becomes an active member before January 1, 2011, or before December 1, 2010, as a member of the General Assembly, or a multiple service member who first becomes an active member before January 1, 2011, or before December 1, 2010, …

(a) Crediting of accrued credits.--Any member shall be credited with the social security integration credits which he has accrued up to the effective date of this part. (b) Accrual of subsequent credits.--Any active member who has social security integration accumulated deduction…

A person who is: (1) an active member; (2) an inactive member on leave without pay; (3) a multiple service member who is a school employee and an active member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System; or (4) an active participant or an inactive participant on leave with…

(a) Class A and Class A-3 membership.-- (1) A State employee who is a member of Class A on the effective date of this part or who first becomes a member of the system subsequent to the effective date of this part and before January 1, 2011, or before December 1, 2010, as a member…

(a) General rule.--A person who is: (1) a member of the system; or (2) a multiple service member who is a school employee and a member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System; who on July 1, 2001, is eligible for Class AA membership may elect to become a member of Class…

(a) General rule.--A member of the General Assembly who on the effective date of this section is eligible for Class D-4 membership may elect to become a member of Class D-4. The election to become a Class D-4 member must be made by the member of the General Assembly by filing wri…

(a) General rule.--A person who otherwise is eligible for Class A-3 membership who has not previously elected or declined to elect Class A-4 membership may elect to become a member of Class A-4. (b) Time for making election.--The election to become a Class A-4 member must be made…

(a) General rule.--A State employee who was not eligible to make an election under section 5306.5 (relating to election by active members to become a Class A-5 member, Class A-6 member or plan participant) and who otherwise is eligible for Class A-5 membership who has not previou…

(a) General rule.--A State employee, except for a Class A-5 exempt employee, who is an active member or inactive member on leave without pay on December 31, 2018, and January 1, 2019, may elect to become a member of Class A-5, a member of Class A-6 or solely a participant in the …

(a) General rule.--A State employee who first becomes a State police officer on or after January 1, 2019, and before the effective date of this section, may elect to have nonintervening military service, as provided under section 5304(c)(2) (relating to creditable nonstate servic…

(a) General rule.--An active member of the system shall accrue one eligibility point for each year of credited service as a member of the system and if a multiple service member as a member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System. A member shall accrue an additional two…

(a) Superannuation annuity.--Attainment of superannuation age by an active member, an inactive member on leave without pay or a participant with service credited as a member of the system with three or more eligibility points other than eligibility points resulting from nonstate …

Notwithstanding any provisions of this title to the contrary, the following special early retirement provisions shall be applicable to specified eligible members: (1) During the period of July 1, 1985, to September 30, 1991, an active member who has attained the age of at least 5…

Notwithstanding any provisions of this title to the contrary, any eligible member who, during the period of time from July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999: (1) has credit for at least 30 eligibility points; (2) terminates State service; and (3) files an application for an annuity …

Any member who: (1) Does not have Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-6 service credit or, if a multiple service member, Class T-E, Class T-F, Class T-G or Class T-H service credit in the Public School Employees' Retirement System and terminates State service, or if a mult…

Any employee of The Pennsylvania State University who is a member of the system with five or more but less than ten eligibility points and who has a date of termination of service from The Pennsylvania State University of June 30, 1997, because of the transfer of his job position…

In the event of the death of a member who is eligible for an annuity in accordance with section 5308(a) or (b) (relating to eligibility for annuities), his beneficiary shall be entitled to a death benefit. (June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.; July 2, 2019, P.L.434, No.72, eff…

(a) Total accumulated deductions.--Any active member, regardless of eligibility for benefits, may elect to receive his total accumulated deductions by his required beginning date upon termination of service in lieu of any benefit from the system to which he is entitled. (b) Socia…