5507 - Contributions by the Commonwealth and other employers.
§ 5507. Contributions by the Commonwealth and other employers. (a) Contributions on behalf of active members.--The Commonwealth and other employers whose employees are members of the system shall make contributions to the fund on behalf of all active members in such amounts as shall be certified by the board as necessary to provide, together with the members' total accumulated deductions, annuity reserves on account of prospective annuities other than those provided in section 5708 (relating to supplemental annuities) in accordance with the actuarial cost method provided in section 5508(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) (relating to actuarial cost method). (b) Contributions on behalf of annuitants.--The Commonwealth shall make contributions on behalf of annuitants in such amounts as shall be certified by the board as necessary to fund the liabilities for supplemental annuities in accordance with the actuarial cost method provided in section 5508(e) (relating to actuarial cost method). (c) Contributions transferred by county retirement systems.-- (1) Each county retirement system or pension plan which is notified by certification from the board that a former contributor who was transferred to State employment pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 1905 (relating to county-level court administrators) has elected to convert county service to State service in accordance with section 5303.1 (relating to election to convert county service to State service) shall transfer to the board an amount equal to the actuarial liability for the additional benefits that result in the system as a result of the conversion as certified by the board. This amount shall be calculated in such a manner and using such actuarial factors and assumptions as the board, after obtaining the advice of its actuary, shall determine and shall be calculated by determining the present value of the future benefits for the former county contributors and subtracting from that present value the present value of future employee contributions and future employer normal cost contributions. (2) The transfer shall occur no later than 180 days after the certification by the board of the actuarial liability for the additional benefits or 30 days following the date of termination of service if the member terminates State service after making the election to convert service, whichever occurs first. (3) If any county retirement system or pension plan fails to transfer, within the required time, the money certified by the board under this subsection, then the service of such members for the period of converted service shall be credited, and the board shall notify the county which employed the employee who is converting the county service and the State Treasurer of the amount due. The State Treasurer shall withhold out of any grants, subsidies or other payments from the State General Fund appropriation or appropriations next due such county an amount equal to the amount which the county retirement system or pension plan failed to pay and shall pay the amount so withheld to the board for the payment of the amount due from that county's retirement system or pension plan for the converted service. (Aug. 5, 1991, P.L.183, No.23, eff. imd.; June 18, 1998, P.L.685, No.88, eff. imd.; June 22, 1999, P.L.75, No.12, eff. imd.; May 17, 2001, P.L.26, No.9, eff. July 1, 2002) 2001 Amendment. Act 9 amended subsec. (b). 1999 Amendment. Act 12 added subsec. (c). See sections 26 and 29 of Act 12 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to Federal, State and local tax laws and calculation of contributions. 1991 Amendment. Act 23 amended subsec. (a). Cross References. Section 5507 is referred to in sections 5102, 5302, 5508, 5934, 5936, 5937, 5938 of this title.