Pennsylvania Act 1931-274 — LIFE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT POLICIES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES

Act text

LIFE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT POLICIES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES
                 Act of Jun. 22, 1931, P.L. 844, No. 274              Cl. 40
                                 AN ACT

     Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any department
        or division thereof, and counties, cities, boroughs,
        incorporated towns, townships, school districts, vocational
        school districts, and institution districts to make contracts
        of life, health, hospitalization, medical services, and
        accident policies for the benefit of employes thereof, and
        contracts for pensions for such employes; and providing for
        the payment of the cost thereof. (Title amended Aug. 1, 1941,
        P.L.749, No.284)

        Compiler's Note:  Section 2701 of Act 14 of 1949 provided
            that Act 274 is repealed insofar as it relates to school
            districts.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 3501 of Act 568 of 1947 provided
            that Act 274 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            boroughs.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 2201 of Act 567 of 1947 provided
            that Act 274 is repealed insofar as it relates to second
            class townships.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 3701 of Act 69 of 1933 provided
            that Act 274 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            townships of the second class.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 3501 of Act 331 of 1931 provided
            that Act 274 is repealed insofar as it relates to
            townships of the first class.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, or any department of division thereof, and any
     county, city, borough, incorporated town, township, school
     district, vocational school district or institution district may
     and are hereby specifically authorized to make contracts of
     insurance with any insurance company or nonprofit
     hospitalization corporation or nonprofit medical service
     corporation authorized to transact business within the
     Commonwealth insuring its elected or appointed officers and
     employes or any class or classes thereof or their dependents,
     under a policy or policies of group insurance covering life,
     health, hospitalization, medical service or accident insurance,
     and may contract with any such company granting annuities or
     pensions for the pensioning of such employes; and, for such
     purposes, may agree to pay part of all of the premiums or
     charges for carrying such contracts, and may appropriate out of
     its treasury any money necessary to pay such premiums or charges
     or portions thereof.
        The proper officer, agency, board or commission of any of the
     above political divisions or subdivisions, having authority to
     enter into such contracts of insurance, are hereby authorized,
     enabled and permitted to deduct from the officer's or employe's
     pay, salary or compensation, such part of the premium as is
     payable by the officer or employe and as may be so authorized by
     the officer or employe in writing.
        (1 amended March 23, 1970, P.L.203, No.81)
        Section 2.  All contracts procured hereunder shall conform
     and be subject to all the provisions of any existing or future
     laws concerning group insurance and group annuity contracts.
        Section 3.  The provisions of this act shall be severable,
     and if any provision shall be held to be unconstitutional, the
     decision of the court shall not be deemed to affect the validity
     of the remaining provisions. It is hereby declared to be the
     legislative intent that this act would have been adopted by the
     General Assembly had such unconstitutional provisions not been
     included therein.
        Section 4.  Nothing contained in the foregoing section shall
     be construed to repeal any act of Assembly now providing for the
     granting of pensions or retirement remuneration to any of the
     employes of the Commonwealth or any such county, city, borough,
     incorporated town, township, school district or poor district.