City of Philadelphia - File #: 000656

• File #: 000656
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 10/19/2000
• In control: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
• Final action: 2/8/2001
• Title: Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by adding new provisions to restrict the ability of civilian members of Plan J and Plan Y to transfer to Fire Plans A or X and retire immediately, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember O'Neill
• Indexes: RETIREMENT CODE
• Code sections: 22-200 - Membership, Title 22 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/21/2001	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/8/2001	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
2/8/2001	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
2/1/2001	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
2/1/2001	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
2/1/2001	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
1/23/2001	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/23/2001	0	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	AMENDED
1/23/2001	1	Committee on Labor and Civil Service	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
10/19/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
10/19/2000	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by adding new provisions to restrict the ability of civilian members of Plan J and Plan Y to transfer to Fire Plans A or X and retire immediately, all under certain terms and conditions.
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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 22-200. MEMBERSHIP
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§22-202. Membership after Transfer of Employment.
(1) Transfers between divisions. After transferring employment between divisions, a member's retirement rights and related benefits are determined solely by the provisions of the appropriate plan of the division into which the member has transferred. Credited service under the plan of the member's previous division is automatically transferred as credited service to the appropriate plan of the member's new division except in the following cases:
(a) Any disabled member who is (or was) transferred because of Civil Service Regulation 32 may remain a member of the appropriate plan of the division to which the member belonged before the transfer.
(b) If any member of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X who is eligible to retire transfers to employment covered by another plan of the Retirement System, such member shall retain both the eligibility for retirement and the accrued benefit as determined pursuant to the provisions relating to the plan of the division from which such member has transferred.
(c) Any vested member of Plan A, Plan B or Plan L who transfers to the Municipal Division New may elect to have credited service calculated at the elected official, police or fire rate for credited service earned in the applicable elected official, police or fire plan for the member's previous service and at the municipal ...