§ 5104 — Reference to State Employees' Retirement System

(a) Construction.--As of the effective date of this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, any reference to the State Employees' Retirement System in a statutory provision other than this part and 24 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV (relating to retirement for school employees) shall include a reference to the State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan, and any reference to the State Employees' Retirement Fund shall include a reference to the State Employees' Defined Contribution Trust.

(b) Agreement.--The agreement of an employer listed in the definition of "State employee" or any other law to make contributions to the fund or to enroll its employees as members in the system shall be deemed to be an agreement to make contributions to the trust or to enroll its employees in the plan. An employer may not agree or elect to make contributions to the trust or to enroll its employees in the plan without also agreeing or electing to make contributions to the fund or to enroll its employees as members in the system.

Legislative History

(June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.) 2017 Amendment.Act 5 added section 5104.