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Extra - Title Notes - Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 3 of Act 71...
Extra - Appendix To Title - APPENDIX TO TITLE 71 STATE GOVERNMENT Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory...
Chapter 11 - Compensation (Repealed)
Section 1101 - § 1105 - (Repealed) - CHAPTER 11 COMPENSATION (Repealed) 2005 Repeal. Chapter 11 (§§ 1101...
Chapter 21 - General Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 21 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2101 - Scope of part - This part relates to civil service reform.
Section 2102 - Purpose - The purpose of this part is to create and sustain...
Section 2103 - Definitions - Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this...
Chapter 22 - Merit System Employment
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 22 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2201 - Transfer of duties - Beginning on the effective date of this section, the Office...
Section 2202 - Duties of Office of Administration - (a) Duties.--The Office of Administration shall have the power and...
Section 2203 - Regulations - (a) Authority.--The Office of Administration may promulgate regulations necessary to...
Section 2204 - Federal standards - (a) Duty.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Commonwealth...
Section 2205 - Legislative representation for collective bargaining (Repealed) - 2019 Repeal. Section 2205 was repealed November 27, 2019, P.L.667,...
Chapter 23 - Selection of Employees for Entrance to or Promotion in Classified Service
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 23 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2301 - Examinations requisite for appointment and promotion - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...
Section 2302 - Nature of examinations - (a) General rule.--Examinations shall be conducted to establish employment and...
Section 2303 - Holding examinations and rating competitors - The Office of Administration shall prepare and hold examinations rating...
Section 2304 - Public notice of examinations - The Office of Administration shall give public notice of all...
Section 2305 - Ratings of competitors - (a) Computation of rating.--The final earned rating of an individual...
Section 2306 - Establishment of eligible lists - The Office of Administration shall establish and maintain eligible lists...
Section 2307 - Duration of eligible lists - (a) Duration.--The duration of an eligible list shall be fixed...
Chapter 24 - Appointment and Promotion of Employees in Classified Service
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 24 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2401 - Certification - (a) Statement of vacancy.--If a vacancy is likely to occur...
Section 2402 - Selection and appointment of eligibles - (a) Alternative selection procedure.--Unless a labor agreement contains promotion procedures...
Section 2403 - Substitution during military leave - (a) Substitution for military leave.--When an employee in the classified...
Section 2404 - Probationary period - (a) Completion and duration.-- (1) No appointment to a position...
Section 2405 - Provisional appointments - (a) Accelerated examination program.--The Office of Administration may authorize an...
Section 2406 - Temporary appointments to extra positions - If, from pressure of work, an extra position in the...
Section 2407 - Emergency appointments - (a) Appointment during emergency period.--An appointing authority or a subordinate...
Chapter 25 - Regulation of Employees in Classified Service
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 25 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2501 - Performance ratings - (a) Evaluations.--Performance evaluations shall be considered for purposes prescribed by...
Section 2502 - Transfers and reassignments - (a) Transfers.--The transfer of a classified service employee from a...
Section 2503 - Demotions - (a) Employees subject to demotion and rights.--The following apply: (1)...
Section 2504 - Classification and compensation - The classification of positions and the compensation of employees in...
Section 2505 - Effect of reclassifications - (a) Reclassification.--When an employee's job changes or the board changes...
Section 2506 - Other personnel standards and rules - With respect to other personnel management matters, including hours of...
Chapter 26 - Separation of Employees from Classified Service
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 26 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2601 - Temporary and permanent separations - An employee may be: (1) Temporarily separated from the classified...
Section 2602 - Furlough - (a) General rule.-- (1) If a reduction in force is...
Section 2603 - Suspension - (a) Right to suspend.--The following apply: (1) An appointing authority...
Section 2604 - Removal during probationary period - (a) General rule.--The appointing authority may remove an employee from...
Section 2605 - Rights of promoted employee during probationary period - (a) General rule.--An employee serving a probationary period which has...
Section 2606 - Resignation - (a) Form and reinstatement.-- (1) An employee may resign from...
Section 2607 - Removal - No regular employee in the classified service may be removed,...
Section 2608 - Leave of absence - (a) Right of return.--If there is a vacancy with the...
Section 2609 - Seniority - (a) General rule.--Seniority is established for the classified service, classification...
Chapter 27 - Prohibitions, Penalties and Enforcement
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 27 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2701 - Periodic audits of employees by Office of Administration - The Office of Administration shall conduct audits of changes in...
Section 2702 - False statements made under oath and concealing information - (a) Perjury.--An individual who makes a false statement under oath...
Section 2703 - Misdemeanors - An individual who, alone or in collusion with one or...
Section 2704 - Prohibition of discrimination - An officer or employee of the Commonwealth may not discriminate...
Section 2705 - Political activity - (a) General rule.--An individual in the classified service may not...
Section 2706 - Removal and disqualification of officers and employees - (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in section 2705 (relating...
Chapter 28 - Notice of Personnel Actions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 28 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2801 - Notice - (a) Notice.--Written notice of a personnel action taken under this...
Chapter 29 - Services Available, Costs and Funding
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 29 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 2901 - Service and cooperation - (a) General rule.--The services and facilities utilized by the Office...
Section 2902 - Receiving money and allocating or apportioning costs - The Office of Administration shall have the authority to receive...
Section 2903 - Existing approved counties - Counties that have been approved for a county-developed and administered...
Chapter 30 - State Civil Service Commission and Director
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 30 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 3001 - State Civil Service Commission - (a) Organization of commission.--The commission shall consist of three full-time...
Section 3002 - Meetings of commission - (a) Meetings.--The commission shall meet at least once each month....
Section 3003 - Duties of commission - It shall be the duty of the commission: (1) After...
Section 3004 - Legal counsel - In accordance with the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950,...
Section 3005 - Qualifications, appointment and compensation of director - (a) General rule.--The director shall be an individual who is...
Section 3006 - Powers and duties of director - Under the direction and supervision of the commission, the director,...
Section 3007 - Cooperation by officers and employees of the Commonwealth - Upon the written request of the director, all officers and...
Section 3008 - Periodic audits of employees by commission - The commission shall conduct audits of appointments, changes in employment...
Chapter 31 - Hearings and Records
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 31 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 3101 - Public hearings - (a) Public hearing.--The commission shall hold a public hearing at...
Section 3102 - Oaths, testimony and production of papers - (a) Administration of oaths.--Each member of the commission, the director...
Section 3103 - Records open to public - (a) General rule.--The minutes of the commission shall be preserved...
Section 3104 - False statements made under oath constitute perjury - (a) Offense defined.--A false statement made under oath in an...
Chapter 32 - Commission Funds, Costs and Service
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 32 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 3201 - Receiving money and allocating or apportioning costs - (a) Receipt.--The commission may receive money from the Federal Government...
Section 3202 - Service and cooperation - (a) General rule.--The services and facilities of the commission and...
Chapter 33 - Records, Status and Appropriations
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 33 was added June 28, 2018, P.L.460, No.71,...
Section 3301 - Transfer of records - (a) Transfer.--The following, which are in effect on the effective...
Section 3302 - Status of certain employees - An individual occupying a position in the classified service which,...
Section 3303 - Veterans' preference - Nothing in this part shall be construed to repeal or...
Section 3304 - Audits of application of veterans' preference - The commission shall conduct audits of appointments and changes in...
Chapter 41 - Independent Fiscal Office (Repealed) -
Chapter 51 - Preliminary Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 51 was added March 1, 1974, P.L.125, No.31,...
Section 5101 - Short title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 5102 - Definitions - The following words and phrases as used in this part,...
Section 5103 - Notice to members and participants - Notice by publication, including, without being limited to, newsletters, newspapers,...
Section 5104 - Reference to State Employees' Retirement System - (a) Construction.--As of the effective date of this section, unless...
Chapter 53 - Membership, Credited Service, Classes of Service, and Eligibility for Benefits
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 53 was added March 1, 1974, P.L.125, No.31,...
Section 5301 - Mandatory and optional membership in the system and participation in the plan - (a) Mandatory membership.--Membership in the system shall be mandatory as...
Section 5302 - Credited State service - (a) Computation of credited service.--In computing credited State service of...
Section 5303 - Retention and reinstatement of service credits - (a) Eligibility points for accrued credited service.--Eligibility points shall be...
Section 5303.1 - Election to convert county service to State service - (a) General rule.--County employees who are transferred to State employment...
Section 5303.2 - Election to convert school service to State service - (a) Eligibility.--An active member or inactive member on leave without...
Section 5304 - Creditable nonstate service - (a) Eligibility.-- (1) An active member who first becomes an...
Section 5305 - Social security integration credits - (a) Crediting of accrued credits.--Any member shall be credited with...
Section 5305.1 - Eligibility for actuarial increase factor - A person who is: (1) an active member; (2) an...
Section 5306 - Classes of service - (a) Class A and Class A-3 membership.-- (1) A State...
Section 5306.1 - Election to become a Class AA member - (a) General rule.--A person who is: (1) a member of...
Section 5306.2 - Elections by members of the General Assembly - (a) General rule.--A member of the General Assembly who on...
Section 5306.3 - Election to become a Class A-4 member - (a) General rule.--A person who otherwise is eligible for Class...
Section 5306.4 - Election to become a Class A-6 member or solely a participant in the plan - (a) General rule.--A State employee who was not eligible to...
Section 5306.5 - Election by active members to become a Class A-5 member, Class A-6 member or plan participant - (a) General rule.--A State employee, except for a Class A-5...
Section 5306.6 - Election to purchase nonintervening military service - (a) General rule.--A State employee who first becomes a State...
Section 5307 - Eligibility points - (a) General rule.--An active member of the system shall accrue...
Section 5308 - Eligibility for annuities - (a) Superannuation annuity.--Attainment of superannuation age by an active member,...
Section 5308.1 - Eligibility for special early retirement - Notwithstanding any provisions of this title to the contrary, the...
Section 5308.2 - Eligibility for limited early retirement - Notwithstanding any provisions of this title to the contrary, any...
Section 5309 - Eligibility for vesting - Any member who: (1) Does not have Class A-3, Class...
Section 5309.1 - Eligibility for special vesting - Any employee of The Pennsylvania State University who is a...
Section 5310 - Eligibility for death benefits - In the event of the death of a member who...
Section 5311 - Eligibility for refunds - (a) Total accumulated deductions.--Any active member, regardless of eligibility for...
Chapter 55 - Contributions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 55 was added March 1, 1974, P.L.125, No.31,...
Section 5501 - Regular member contributions for current service - Regular member contributions shall be made to the fund on...
Section 5501.1 - Shared-risk member contributions and shared-gain adjustments to regular member contributions - (a) General.--Shared-risk member contributions shall be made to the fund...
Section 5501.2 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 5502 - Social Security integration member contributions - Except for any period of current service in which the...
Section 5502.1 - Waiver of regular member contributions and Social Security integration member contributions (Expired) - 2015 Expiration. Section 5502.1 expired December 31, 2015, in accordance...
Section 5503 - Joint coverage member contributions - The regular member contributions for current service of a joint...
Section 5503.1 - Pickup contributions - (a) Treatment for purposes of IRC § 414(h).--All contributions to...
Section 5504 - Member contributions for the purchase of credit for previous State service or to become a full coverage member - (a) Amount of contributions for service in other than Class...
Section 5505 - Contributions for the purchase of credit for creditable nonstate service - (a) Source of contributions.--The total contributions to purchase credit for...
Section 5505.1 - Additional member contributions - In addition to regular or joint coverage member contributions and...
Section 5506 - Incomplete payments - (a) General rule.--In the event that a member terminates State...
Section 5506.1 - Annual compensation limit under IRC § 401(a)(17) - (a) General rule.--In addition to other applicable limitations set forth...
Section 5507 - Contributions to the system by the Commonwealth and other employers - (a) Contributions on behalf of active members.--The Commonwealth and other...
Section 5508 - Actuarial cost method - (a) Employer contribution rate on behalf of active members.--For each...
Section 5508.1 - Advance payment of accrued liability contributions - (a) Authorization.--The board and the head of department of an...
Section 5509 - Appropriations and assessments by the Commonwealth - (a) Annual submission of budget.--The board shall prepare and submit...
Chapter 57 - Benefits
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 57 was added March 1, 1974, P.L.125, No.31,...
Section 5701 - Return of total accumulated deductions - Any member upon termination of service may, in lieu of...
Section 5701.1 - Transfer of accumulated deductions - When an employee of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission elects...
Section 5702 - Maximum single life annuity - (a) General rule.--Any full coverage member who is eligible to...
Section 5703 - Reduction of annuities on account of social security old-age insurance benefits - (a) General rule.--A joint coverage member who is eligible to...
Section 5704 - Disability annuities - (a) Amount of annuity.--A member who has made application for...
Section 5705 - Member's options - (a) General rule.--Any special vestee, vestee or any other member...
Section 5705.1 - Payment of accumulated deductions resulting from more than one class of service - Any superannuation or withdrawal annuitant who: (1) has Class A-3,...
Section 5706 - Termination of annuities - (a) General rule.-- (1) If the annuitant returns to State...
Section 5707 - Death benefits - (a) Members eligible for annuities.--Any active member, inactive member, vestee...
Section 5708 - Supplemental annuities - (a) General rule.--Every annuitant who retired prior to July 1,...
Section 5708.1 - Additional supplemental annuities - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after July...
Section 5708.2 - Further additional supplemental annuities - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after January...
Section 5708.3 - Supplemental annuities commencing 1994 - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after July...
Section 5708.4 - Special supplemental postretirement adjustment - (a) Eligibility.--An annuitant who: (1) retired after February 28, 1974,...
Section 5708.5 - Supplemental annuities commencing 1998 - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after June...
Section 5708.6 - Supplemental annuities commencing 2002 - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after July...
Section 5708.7 - Supplemental annuities commencing 2003 - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after July...
Section 5708.8 - Special supplemental postretirement adjustment of 2002 - (a) Benefits.--Commencing with the first monthly annuity payment after June...
Section 5709 - Payment of benefits from the system - (a) Annuities.--Any annuity granted under the provisions of this part...
Section 5710 - Payments under other laws - No payment provided for in this part shall be reduced...
Chapter 58 - State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 58 was added June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5,...
Section 5801 - Establishment - (a) State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan.--The State Employees' Defined Contribution...
Section 5802 - Plan document - The board shall set forth the terms and provisions of...
Section 5803 - Individual investment accounts - The board shall establish in the trust an individual investment...
Section 5804 - Participant contributions - (a) Mandatory contributions.--A participant who did not make the election...
Section 5805 - Mandatory pickup participant contributions - (a) Treatment for purposes of IRC § 414(h).--The contributions to...
Section 5806 - Employer defined contributions - (a) Contributions for service.--The Commonwealth or other employer of an...
Section 5807 - Eligibility for benefits - (a) Termination of service.--A participant who terminates State service shall...
Section 5808 - Death benefits - (a) General rule.--In the event of the death of an...
Section 5809 - Vesting - (a) Participant and voluntary contributions.--Subject to the forfeiture and attachment...
Section 5810 - Termination of distributions - (a) Return to State service.-- (1) A participant receiving distributions...
Section 5812 - Powers and duties of board - The board, in addition to its powers and duties set...
Section 5813 - Responsibility for investment loss - The board, the Commonwealth, an employer or other political subdivision...
Section 5814 - Investments based on participant's investment allocation choices - (a) Investment by participant.--All contributions, interest and investment earnings shall...
Section 5815 - Expenses - All fees, costs and expenses of establishing and administering the...
Section 5816 - Tax qualification - (a) Required distributions.--All payments under this chapter shall start and...
Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 59 was added March 1, 1974, P.L.125, No.31,...
Section 5901 - The State Employees' Retirement Board - (a) Status and membership.--The board shall be an independent administrative...
Section 5902 - Administrative duties of the board - (a) Employees.-- (1) Effective 30 days after the effective date...
Section 5903 - Duties of the board to advise and report to heads of departments, members and participants - (a) Manual of regulations.--The board shall, with the advice of...
Section 5904 - Duties of the board to report to the Public School Employees' Retirement Board - (a) Multiple service membership of State employees.--Upon receipt of an...
Section 5905 - Duties of the board regarding applications and elections of members and participants - (a) Statement to new members.--As soon as practicable after each...
Section 5905.1 - Installment payments of accumulated deductions - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, whenever...
Section 5906 - Duties of heads of departments - (a) Status of members and participants.--The head of department shall,...
Section 5907 - Rights and duties of State employees, members and participants - (a) Information on new employees.--Upon his assumption of duties each...
Section 5908 - Rights and duties of annuitants - (a) Election by joint coverage annuitants.--Any annuitant who is a...
Section 5909 - Stress test of system - (a) General rule.--The board shall conduct an annual stress test...
Section 5931 - Management of fund and accounts - (a) Control and management of fund.--The members of the board...
Section 5932 - State Employees' Retirement Fund - (a) General rule.--The fund shall consist of all balances in...
Section 5933 - Members' savings account - (a) Credits to account.--The members' savings account shall be the...
Section 5934 - State accumulation account - The State accumulation account shall be the ledger account to...
Section 5935 - Annuity reserve account - (a) Credits and charges to account.--The annuity reserve account shall...
Section 5936 - State Police benefit account - (a) Credits and charges to account.--The State Police benefit account...
Section 5937 - Enforcement officers' benefit account - (a) Credits and charges to account.--The enforcement officers' benefit account...
Section 5938 - Supplemental annuity account - The supplemental annuity account shall be the ledger account to...
Section 5939 - Interest reserve account - The interest reserve account shall be the ledger account to...
Section 5940 - Northern Ireland-related investments - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and...
Section 5941 - Benefits completion plan - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board shall...
Section 5951 - State guarantee regarding the system - The required interest charges payable, the maintenance of reserves in...
Section 5952 - State supervision - The fund and ledger accounts provided for by this part...
Section 5953 - Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds - (a) General rule.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2),...
Section 5953.1 - Approval of domestic relations orders - (a) Certification regarding members.--A domestic relations order pertaining to a...
Section 5953.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary - Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic relations...
Section 5953.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, a domestic relations...
Section 5953.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders - (a) Deceased alternate payee.--In the event that the alternate payee...
Section 5953.5 - Transfer of domestic relations orders against county pension plans - (a) General rule.--If, at the time a county employee becomes...
Section 5953.6 - Irrevocable successor payee - (a) Condition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic...
Section 5954 - Fraud and adjustment of errors - (a) Penalty for fraud.--Any person who shall knowingly make any...
Section 5955 - Construction of part - (a) Exclusive source of rights and benefits.--Regardless of any other...
Section 5955.1 - Construction of part with respect to older workers protection - It is hereby found and declared that the provisions of...
Section 5955.2 - Construction of part with respect to the Internal Revenue Code - (a) Limitation regarding annual benefit under IRC § 415.-- (1)...
Section 5956 - Provisions severable - The provisions of this part are severable and if any...
Section 5957 - Independent Fiscal Office study - The Independent Fiscal Office shall study and analyze the implementation...
Section 5958 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission - (a) Establishment.--A Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission...