Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 Pa.C.S.A. State Government § 5809. Vesting

(1) Subject to the forfeiture and attachment provisions of section 5953 or otherwise as provided by law, a participant shall be vested with respect to all employer defined contributions paid to the participant's individual investment account in the trust in addition to interest and investment gains and losses on the employer defined contributions but minus investment fees and administrative charges applied against those contributions according to the following schedule:

(2) For purposes of this subsection, all eligibility points credited to a member of the system in any class of service shall be used for determining vested status in the plan even if the employee was not a participant in the plan at the time the eligibility points were earned.

(3) Nonvested employer defined contributions and the interest and investment gains and losses on the nonvested employer defined contributions that are forfeited when a participant terminates State service before accruing three eligibility points as provided under section 5307(c)(3) (relating to eligibility points) shall be retained by the board and used for the payment of the administrative fees, costs and expenses of the plan.