HB 1428

                                                PRINTER'S NO.   1663
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 1428
                                          Session of
                                            2025
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, PROBST, OTTEN,
   SANCHEZ, HOHENSTEIN, CERRATO AND GREEN, MAY 7, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 7, 2025
                               AN ACT
1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2    Statutes, in preliminary provisions relating to retirement
3    for school employees, further providing for definitions.
4    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6    Section 1.    The definition of "governmental entity" in
7 section 8102 of Title 24 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 8102.    Definitions.
10    The following words and phrases when used in this part shall
11 have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
12 meanings given to them in this section:
13    * * *
14    "Governmental entity."    Board of school directors, board of
15 public education, intermediate unit board of directors, area
16 [vocational-technical board] career and technical board, any
17 governing board of any agency or authority created by them, and
18 the Commonwealth. The term does not include an association
1 authorized to receive membership dues from a public school
2 entity under section 516 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
3 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949.
4    * * *
5    Section 2.   The amendment of the definition of "governmental
6 entity" in 24 Pa.C.S. § 8102 shall apply to employees of an
7 association authorized to receive membership dues from a public
8 school entity under section 516 of the act of March 10, 1949
9 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, hired
10 after the effective date of this section, and such association
11 shall not be considered a nonparticipating employer under 24
12 Pa.C.S. § 8327.1.
13    Section 3.   This act shall take effect immediately.
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