City of Philadelphia - File #: 040326

• File #: 040326
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/1/2004
• In control: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
• Final action: 2/17/2005
• Title: Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending Chapter 22-400, entitled "Disability Benefits" by amending Section 22-401 relating to service-connected disability retirement benefits and Section 22-402 relating to ordinary disability retirement benefits to delete provisions related to a reduction in benefits for gainful employment, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Kenney
• Indexes: RETIREMENT CODE
• Code sections: 22-401 - Service-Connected Disability Retirement Benefits, Title 22 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/17/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED
2/17/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
2/17/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	VETO OVERRIDDEN	Pass	15:0
2/10/2005	0	MAYOR	VETOED
1/25/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
1/25/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
12/16/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
12/16/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
12/16/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
12/14/2004	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/14/2004	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	HEARING HELD
12/14/2004	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
11/4/2004	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/1/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
4/1/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending Chapter 22-400, entitled "Disability Benefits" by amending Section 22-401 relating to service-connected disability retirement benefits and Section 22-402 relating to ordinary disability retirement benefits to delete provisions related to a reduction in benefits for gainful employment, all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," is hereby amended as follows:

TITLE 22. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CODE.

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CHAPTER 22-400. DISABILITY BENEFITS.

§22-401. Service-Connected Disability Retirement Benefits.
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(4) Benefit Amount. Upon retirement for service-connected disability, a member shall receive an annual retirement benefit equal to seventy percent (70%) of the member's final compensation, as it may be adjusted by §22-401(5) and §22-306, subject to the provisions of §22-403 (Reexamination of Disabled Members). . . .
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[(c) If a disabled member (other than a Fire Employee or Sheriff's Department employee specifically referenced in §22-401(3)) is or becomes engaged in a gainful occupation, other than by reemployment with the City, then the amount of the member's monthly disability benefit shall be reduced by one (1) dollar for every three (3) dollars the member earns monthly in such gainful occupation. Such offset shall cease at age sixty-five (65). A member who is receiving benefits under this section shall provide the Board with a copy of the federal income tax return with respect to any tax year in which the member received such benefits by the first of May in the year following such tax year. The Board may suspend the benefits of a member who refuses to do so, provided that benefit payments shall not cease until the resolution of any appeal to the...