Pennsylvania HB 1289: An Act amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in waste transportation safety, further providing for definitions.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1470
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1289
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, DOUGHERTY, VENKAT, WARREN, PIELLI, KHAN,
SANCHEZ, GIRAL, K.HARRIS, BOROWSKI, HILL-EVANS, McNEILL,
PROKOPIAK, SCHLOSSBERG, HANBIDGE, DONAHUE, BOYD, D. WILLIAMS,
SIEGEL, RUSNOCK, O'MARA, NEILSON, STEELE, PROBST, OTTEN,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, McANDREW, SCHWEYER, RIVERA, GUENST, DALEY AND
SHUSTERMAN, APRIL 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 23, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 14, 1988 (P.L.1192, No.147),
entitled "An act requiring municipal retirement systems to
pay special ad hoc postretirement adjustments to certain
retired police officers and firefighters; providing for the
financing of these adjustments; providing for the
administration of the Commonwealth's reimbursements for these
adjustments; and making repeals," providing for 2026 special
ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement
adjustment; in financing of special ad hoc adjustment,
providing for reimbursement by Commonwealth for 2026 special
ad hoc adjustment; in administrative provisions, further
providing for municipal retirement system certification of
adjustments paid and of reimbursable amounts and for
municipal receipt of reimbursement payment; and making an
editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of December 14, 1988 (P.L.1192, No.147),
known as the Special Ad Hoc Municipal Police and Firefighter
Postretirement Adjustment Act, is amended by adding a chapter to
read:
CHAPTER 4-A
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2026 SPECIAL AD HOC MUNICIPAL POLICE AND
FIREFIGHTER POSTRETIREMENT ADJUSTMENT
Section 401-A. Entitlement to 2026 special ad hoc
postretirement adjustment.
A municipal retirement system shall pay a retired police
officer or firefighter a special ad hoc postretirement
adjustment under this chapter if all of the following apply:
(1) The retiree has terminated active employment with
the municipality as a police officer or firefighter.
(2) The retiree is receiving a retirement benefit from a
municipal retirement system on the basis of active employment
with the municipality as a police officer or firefighter.
(3) The retiree began receiving the retirement benefit
before January 1, 2016.
Section 402-A. Amount of 2026 special ad hoc postretirement
adjustment.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and
(c), a municipal retirement system shall pay a retired police
officer or firefighter a monthly special ad hoc postretirement
adjustment under section 401-A that shall be calculated as
follows:
(1) The sum of $250 a month, if on January 1, 2026, the
retiree has been retired at least 10 years but less than 15
years.
(2) The sum of $375 a month, if on January 1, 2026, the
retiree has been retired at least 15 years but less than 20
years.
(3) The sum of $500 a month, if on January 1, 2026, the
retiree has been retired at least 20 years.
(b) Limitation.--If, under section 401-A, a retiree is
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entitled to be paid a special ad hoc postretirement adjustment
by more than one municipal retirement system, the amount of the
special ad hoc postretirement adjustment under subsection (a)
shall be reduced so that the total of all these adjustments paid
to the retiree does not exceed the amount specified in
subsection (a).
(c) Modification in amount of 2026 special ad hoc
postretirement adjustment.--The amount of the special ad hoc
postretirement adjustment calculated under subsection (a) shall
be reduced annually by 65% of the total amount of any
postretirement adjustments provided to the retiree under the
municipal retirement plan after January 1, 2002, and before
December 31, 2025, and paid in the immediately preceding year.
Section 2. Section 502.1(a)(2) of the act is amended to
read:
Section 502.1. Reimbursement by Commonwealth for 2002 special
ad hoc adjustment.
(a) General rule.--
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(2) The determination of the reimbursable amount of the
amortization contribution requirement attributable to the
special ad hoc postretirement adjustment under Chapter 4 in
any year shall be calculated as the amortization contribution
requirement attributable to the special ad hoc postretirement
adjustments under Chapter 4 and reflected in the
determination of the financial requirements of the pension
plan under Chapter 3 of the Municipal Pension Plan Funding
Standard and Recovery Act for the immediate prior year less
the product of that amortization contribution requirement
multiplied by the ratio of the amount of general municipal
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pension system State aid allocated to the retirement system
in the immediate prior year to the total amount of municipal
contributions made to the retirement system