Title 71, STATE GOVERNMENT

(a) Statement to new members.--As soon as practicable after each member shall have become an active member in the system, the board shall issue to the member notice of any election of class of service membership he may be eligible to make, a statement certifying his class of serv…

(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, whenever a member elects to withdraw his total accumulated deductions pursuant to section 5311(a) (relating to eligibility for refunds) or 5701 (relating to return of total accumulated deductions) or elects to r…

(a) Status of members and participants.--The head of department shall, at the end of each pay period, notify the board in a manner prescribed by the board of salary changes effective during that period for any members and participants of the department, the date of all removals f…

(a) Information on new employees.--Upon his assumption of duties each new State employee shall furnish the head of department with a complete record of his previous State service, his school service or creditable nonstate service, and proof of his date of birth and current status…

(a) Election by joint coverage annuitants.--Any annuitant who is a joint coverage member who was receiving an annuity prior to July 1, 1962, may elect to receive his annuity without reduction on account of social security old-age insurance benefits: Provided, That he shall file s…

(a) General rule.--The board shall conduct an annual stress test of the system and submit the results of the stress test to the Governor, the General Assembly and the Independent Fiscal Office no later than July 1 of each year. The stress test shall include a scenario analysis, s…

(a) Control and management of fund.--The members of the board shall be the trustees of the fund. Regardless of any other provision of law governing the investments of funds under the control of an administrative board of the State government, the trustees shall have exclusive con…

(a) General rule.--The fund shall consist of all balances in the several separate accounts set apart to be used under the direction of the board for the benefit of members of the system; and the Treasury Department shall credit to the fund all moneys received from the Department …

(a) Credits to account.--The members' savings account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited the amounts of the pickup contributions made by the Commonwealth or other employer and contributions or lump sum payments made by active members in accordance with the pro…

The State accumulation account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited all contributions of the Commonwealth or other employers whose employees are members of the system and made in accordance with the provisions of section 5507(a) or (d) (relating to contributions…

(a) Credits and charges to account.--The annuity reserve account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited the reserves held for payment of annuities and death benefits on account of all annuitants except in the case of members who are officers of the Pennsylvania St…

(a) Credits and charges to account.--The State Police benefit account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited all contributions received under the provisions of the act of May 12, 1943 (P.L.259, No.120), referred to as the Foreign Casualty Insurance Premium Tax All…

(a) Credits and charges to account.--The enforcement officers' benefit account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited moneys transferred from the enforcement officers' retirement account in the State Stores Fund according to the provisions of the act of April 12, …

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…

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…

(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 wit…

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 b…

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 mad…

The fund and ledger accounts provided for by this part shall be subject to the supervision of the State Insurance Department.

(a) General rule.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the right of a person to any benefit or right accrued or accruing under the provisions of this part and the moneys in the fund and the trust are hereby exempt from any State or municipal tax, levy and sale…

(a) Certification regarding members.--A domestic relations order pertaining to a member of the system shall be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board, or his designated representative, only if that order meets all of the following: (1) Req…

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 a…

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 require…

(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 alternat…

(a) General rule.--If, at the time a county employee becomes a State employee pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 1905 (relating to county-level court administrators), there is a domestic relations order entered against the transferred employee or the county retirement system or pension pla…

(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 success…

(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 sec…

(a) Exclusive source of rights and benefits.--Regardless of any other provision of law, pension and benefit rights of State employees shall be determined solely by this part or any amendment thereto or the plan document established by the board; and no collective bargaining agree…

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)…

(a) Limitation regarding annual benefit under IRC § 415.-- (1) (i) Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, no benefit shall be payable to the extent that such benefit exceeds any limitation under IRC § 415 in effect with respect to governmental plans as the t…

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 ado…

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 c…

(a) Establishment.--A Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission shall be established, which shall be composed of five appointees, one appointed by each of the following: (1) The Governor. (2) The President pro tempore of the Senate. (3) The Minority Leader …