(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 provisions of sections 5501 (relating to regular member contributions for current service), 5501.1 (relating to shared-risk member contributions and shared-gain adjustments to regular member contributions), 5502 (relating to social security integration member contributions), 5503 (relating to joint coverage member contributions), 5504 (relating to member contributions for the purchase of credit for previous State service or to become a full coverage member), 5505.1 (relating to additional member contributions) and 5505 (relating to contributions for the purchase of credit for creditable nonstate service) and transferred from the members' savings account of the Public School Employees' Retirement System in accordance with the provisions of section 5303.2 (relating to election to convert school service to State service).
(b) Interest and transfers from account.--The members' savings account in total and the individual member accounts shall be credited with statutory interest. The total accumulated deductions credited to a member whose application for an annuity has been approved shall be transferred from the members' savings account to the annuity reserve account provided for in section 5935 (relating to annuity reserve account), except in the case of a member who is an officer of the Pennsylvania State Police or an enforcement officer the total accumulated deductions to his credit shall be transferred from the members' savings account to the State Police benefit account provided for in section 5936 (relating to State Police benefit account) or to the enforcement officers benefit account provided for in section 5937 (relating to enforcement officers' benefit account), as the case may be.
(c) Charges to account.--Upon the election of a member to withdraw his total accumulated deductions or upon the transfer of accumulated deductions pursuant to section 5701.1 (relating to transfer of accumulated deductions), the payment of such amount shall be charged to the members' savings account.
(Dec. 14, 1982, P.L.1249, No.284, eff. imd.; July 22, 1983, P.L.104, No.31, eff. imd.; Apr. 23, 2002, P.L.272, No.38, eff. imd.; Nov. 23, 2010, P.L.1269, No.120, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)
2017 Amendment. Act 5 amended subsec. (a).
2002 Amendment. Act 38 amended subsecs. (a) and (c).
1983 Amendment. See section 10 of Act 31 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to waiver of actuarial note requirement for retirement bills.
Cross References. Section 5933 is referred to in sections 5932, 5935 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions
Section 5901 - The State Employees' Retirement Board
Section 5902 - Administrative duties of the board
Section 5904 - Duties of the board to report to the Public School Employees' Retirement Board
Section 5905 - Duties of the board regarding applications and elections of members and participants
Section 5905.1 - Installment payments of accumulated deductions
Section 5906 - Duties of heads of departments
Section 5907 - Rights and duties of State employees, members and participants
Section 5908 - Rights and duties of annuitants
Section 5909 - Stress test of system
Section 5931 - Management of fund and accounts
Section 5932 - State Employees' Retirement Fund
Section 5933 - Members' savings account
Section 5934 - State accumulation account
Section 5935 - Annuity reserve account
Section 5936 - State Police benefit account
Section 5937 - Enforcement officers' benefit account
Section 5938 - Supplemental annuity account
Section 5939 - Interest reserve account
Section 5940 - Northern Ireland-related investments
Section 5941 - Benefits completion plan
Section 5951 - State guarantee regarding the system
Section 5952 - State supervision
Section 5953 - Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds
Section 5953.1 - Approval of domestic relations orders
Section 5953.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary
Section 5953.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant
Section 5953.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders
Section 5953.5 - Transfer of domestic relations orders against county pension plans
Section 5953.6 - Irrevocable successor payee
Section 5954 - Fraud and adjustment of errors
Section 5955 - Construction of part
Section 5955.1 - Construction of part with respect to older workers protection
Section 5955.2 - Construction of part with respect to the Internal Revenue Code
Section 5956 - Provisions severable
Section 5957 - Independent Fiscal Office study
Section 5958 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission