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File #: 000342    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 5/18/2000 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/14/2000
Title: Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by making certain corrections to address problems in the Code due to typographical errors, oversights, or inconsistencies, by clarifying the definition of various plans, addressing various issues raised by the new 5-year vesting program, refining the DROP program, and correcting inconsistencies with respect to refunds and purchases of certain types of service credit, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN (DROP), RETIREMENT CODE
Code sections: 22-100 - General Provisions, 22-104 - Continuation of Divisions and Plans, 22-200 - Membership, 22-201 - Membership Upon Employment, 22-300 - Retirement Benefits, 22-301 - Service Retirement Benefits, 22-303 - Optional Early Retirement Benefits, 22-310 - Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), 22-400 - Disability Benefits, 22-401 - Service-Connected Disability Retirement Benefits, 22-500 - Death Benefits, 22-502 - Ordinary Death Benefits, 22-700 - Beneficiaries and Survivors, 22-702 - Designation of Survivors, 22-800 - Purchase of Credited Service, 22-801 - Leaves of Absence Without Pay, 22-802 - Purchase of Governmental Service, 22-803 - Purchase of Prior City Service, 22-806 - Installment Payments, 22-807 - Interest, Title 22 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CODE
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy00034201.pdf
Title
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by making certain corrections to address problems in the Code due to typographical errors, oversights, or inconsistencies, by clarifying the definition of various plans, addressing various issues raised by the new 5-year vesting program, refining the DROP program, and correcting inconsistencies with respect to refunds and purchases of certain types of service credit, 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

CHAPTER 22-100. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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ยง22-104. Continuation of Divisions and Plans.
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(2) Plans. The several plans of benefits that form part of the City of Philadelphia Public Employees Retirement System are designated and assigned to the foregoing divisions thereof as follows:
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Plan J includes all current and former employees of the City who on the effective date of this Title are members, or who upon reemployment are entitled to be members, of Municipal Revised Coverage Plan 60, established by an ordinance of City Council approved April 27, 1967 (Bill No. 2318), who are not included in the Police Division Old or in the Fire Division Old, and in addition:
(a) all employees represented by AFSCME District Council 47 Local
2186 who were hired by the City between January 8, 1987 and [September 30,] October 1, 1992, and who contribute to the Retirement System, an amount equal to the difference between the contribution that the employee has previously made to the Retirement System, and what the employee contribution would have been under Plan J during the term of the employee's employment; and

(b) all employees represented by AFSCME District Council 47 Local
2187 who...

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