(a) Credits and charges to account.--The annuity reserve account shall be the ledger account to which shall be credited the reserves held for the payment of annuities and death benefits resulting from membership in the system on account of all annuitants and the contributions from the Commonwealth and other employers as determined in accordance with section 8328 (relating to actuarial cost method) for the payment of the supplemental annuities provided in sections 8348 (relating to supplemental annuities), 8348.1 (relating to additional supplemental annuities), 8348.2 (relating to further additional supplemental annuities), 8348.3 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 1994), 8348.4 (relating to special supplemental postretirement adjustment), 8348.5 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 1998), 8348.6 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 2002) and 8348.7 (relating to supplemental annuities commencing 2003). The annuity reserve account shall be credited with valuation interest. After the transfers provided in sections 8523 (relating to members' savings account) and 8524 (relating to State accumulation account), all annuity and death benefit payments shall be charged to the annuity reserve account and paid from the fund.
(b) Transfers from account.--Should an annuitant be subsequently restored to active service either as a member of the system or participant in the plan, the present value of his member's annuity at the time of reentry into school service shall be transferred from the annuity reserve account and placed to his individual credit in the members' savings account. In addition, the actuarial reserve for his annuity less the amount transferred to the members' savings account shall be transferred from the annuity reserve account to the State accumulation account.
(Aug. 5, 1991, P.L.183, No.23, eff. imd.; June 18, 1998, P.L.685, No.88, eff. imd.; May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9, eff. July 1, 2001; Apr. 23, 2002, P.L.272, No.38, eff. imd.; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)
Cross References. Section 8525 is referred to in sections 8522, 8523 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 85 - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 8501 - Public School Employees' Retirement Board
Section 8502 - Administrative duties of board
Section 8502.1 - Health insurance (Deleted by amendment)
Section 8502.2 - Health insurance
Section 8503 - Duties of board to advise and report to employers, members and participants
Section 8504 - Duties of board to report to State Employees' Retirement Board
Section 8505 - Duties of board regarding applications and elections of members and participants
Section 8505.1 - Installment payments of accumulated deductions
Section 8506 - Duties of employers
Section 8507 - Rights and duties of school employees, members and participants
Section 8508 - Rights and duties of annuitants
Section 8509 - Health insurance premium assistance program
Section 8510 - Stress test of system
Section 8521 - Management of fund and accounts
Section 8522 - Public School Employees' Retirement Fund
Section 8523 - Members' savings account
Section 8524 - State accumulation account
Section 8525 - Annuity reserve account
Section 8526 - Health insurance account
Section 8527 - Northern Ireland-related investments
Section 8531 - State guarantee regarding the system
Section 8532 - State supervision
Section 8533 - Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds
Section 8533.1 - Approval of domestic relations orders
Section 8533.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary
Section 8533.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant
Section 8533.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders
Section 8533.5 - Irrevocable successor payee
Section 8534 - Fraud and adjustment of errors
Section 8535 - Payments to school entities by Commonwealth
Section 8536 - Independent Fiscal Office study
Section 8537 - Internal Revenue Code limitations
Section 8538 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission
Section 8544 - Participation criteria