Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 53 - Membership, Credited Service, Classes of Service, and Eligibility for Benefits
Section 5309 - Eligibility for vesting


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 multiple service member and an active member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System terminates school service, with five or more eligibility points, or any member with Class G, Class H, Class I, Class J, Class K, Class L, Class M or Class N service with five or more eligibility points, shall be eligible until his required beginning date to vest his retirement benefits.
(2) Has only Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-6 service credit and, if a multiple service member, only 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 multiple service member and an active member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System terminates school service, with ten or more eligibility points shall be eligible until his required beginning date to vest his retirement benefits.
(3) Has either Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-6 service credit and, 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, also has service credited in the system in one or more other classes of service and has five or more, but fewer than ten, eligibility points and terminates State service, or if a multiple service member and an active member of the Public School Employees' Retirement System terminates school service, shall be eligible until his required beginning date to vest his retirement benefits calculated on his service credited in classes of service other than Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-6 and to be credited with statutory interest on total accumulated deductions, regardless of whether or not any part of his accumulated deductions are a result of Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-6 service credit.
(June 22, 1999, P.L.75, No.12, eff. imd.; May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9, eff. July 1, 2001; Nov. 23, 2010, P.L.1269, No.120, eff. imd.; Dec. 28, 2015, P.L.529, No.93, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)

2001 Amendment. See section 37 of Act 9 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability of amendment to State Employees' Retirement System members.
Cross References. Section 5309 is referred to in sections 5307, 5955.2 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT

Chapter 53 - Membership, Credited Service, Classes of Service, and Eligibility for Benefits

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 5301 - Mandatory and optional membership in the system and participation in the plan

Section 5302 - Credited State service

Section 5303 - Retention and reinstatement of service credits

Section 5303.1 - Election to convert county service to State service

Section 5303.2 - Election to convert school service to State service

Section 5304 - Creditable nonstate service

Section 5305 - Social security integration credits

Section 5305.1 - Eligibility for actuarial increase factor

Section 5306 - Classes of service

Section 5306.1 - Election to become a Class AA member

Section 5306.2 - Elections by members of the General Assembly

Section 5306.3 - Election to become a Class A-4 member

Section 5306.4 - Election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan

Section 5306.5 - Election by active members to become a Class A-5 member, Class A-6 member or plan participant

Section 5306.6 - Election to purchase nonintervening military service

Section 5307 - Eligibility points

Section 5308 - Eligibility for annuities

Section 5308.1 - Eligibility for special early retirement

Section 5308.2 - Eligibility for limited early retirement

Section 5309 - Eligibility for vesting

Section 5309.1 - Eligibility for special vesting

Section 5310 - Eligibility for death benefits

Section 5311 - Eligibility for refunds