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Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," to provide an exception to membership in the Retirement System for participants in certain grant-funded programs, all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code to exclude participants in certain federally or state-funded grant programs from membership in the City Retirement System when using grant funds for retirement contributions would violate applicable rules. These participants do not contribute to the Retirement System or earn retirement service credit for their work in the grant program.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
November 15, 2012
Sponsors
Curtis Jones, Jr.Darrell L. Clarke
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 22. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CODE

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CHAPTER 22-200. MEMBERSHIP

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§ 22-201. Membership Upon Employment.

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(2) Employees first hired on or after January 8, 1987. All employees who are hired, rehired, or first elected on or after January 8, 1987, shall be members of Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, or Plan Y of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to § 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment) or are Police or Fire employees covered by subsection (3) or (5), or are municipal employees covered by subsection (4) or (5). Of these employees:

(a) All Municipal Employees are members of Plan Y which covers members of the Municipal Division New as soon as they are employed by the City, except the following:

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(.3) All persons who are grant program participants with respect to whom the payment of Retirement System contributions from federal or state grant funds would violate 20 C.F.R. § 641.565(b)(2)(iii)(A), or a similar provision. Such grant program participants are not members of the Retirement System, do not pay contributions to the Retirement System for their service in the grant program, and do not accrue credit for service in the grant program.

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
  4. Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass