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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 896.402. Amount of 2002 special ad hoc postretirement adjustment

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

(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   1 that shall be calculated as follows:

(1) The base adjustment shall be determined by multiplying 15s by the years of service and then multiplying that product by the years on retirement.

(2) The longevity factor shall be determined as the sum of the products calculated by multiplying 0.025 by the years on retirement and 0.05 by the years on retirement in excess of 25, if any.

(3) The longevity adjustment shall be determined by multiplying the base adjustment calculated under paragraph (1) by the longevity factor calculated under paragraph (2).

(4) The special ad hoc postretirement adjustment payable under section 401 shall be the sum of the base adjustment calculated under paragraph (1) and the longevity adjustment calculated under paragraph (3).

(b) Limitation.--If, under section 401, a retiree is 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 2002 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 December 31, 1988, and before January 1, 2002, and paid in the immediately preceding year.

1  53 P.S. § 896.401.
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