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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 896.302. Amount of 1989 special ad hoc adjustment

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a municipal retirement system shall pay a retired police officer or firefighter a special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment under section 301,   1 as follows:

(1) The sum of $25 a month, if on January 1, 1989, the retiree has been retired at least five years but less than ten years.

(2) The sum of $50 a month, if on January 1, 1989, the retiree is totally disabled and has been retired less than ten years.

(3) The sum of $75 a month, if on January 1, 1989, the retiree has been retired at least ten years but less than 20 years.

(4) The sum of $150 a month, if on January 1, 1989, the retiree has been retired at least 20 years.

(b) Limitation.--If, under section 301, a retiree is entitled to be paid a special ad hoc municipal police and firefighter postretirement adjustment by more than one municipal retirement system, the amount of the special ad hoc 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) Deleted by 2002, June 19, P.L. 434, No. 64, § 4, imd. effective.

(d) Construction.--Subsection (b) shall not be construed to reduce the amount of any retirement benefit payable to a retiree immediately prior to February 12, 1989.

1  53 P.S. § 896.301.
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