51 Pa.C.S. § 12 Applicability.
This act shall apply as follows:
(1) The amendment or addition of 51 Pa.C.S. § 7306(a) and (d) shall apply only to leaves of absence or military leaves of absence that are granted on or after the effective date of this section.
* * * Explanatory Note. Act 181 amended section 7306 of Title 51 and sections 5102, 5302, 5303, 5304, 5306.3, 5307, 5308, 5505, 5506, 5507, 5509, 5706, 5707, 5902, 5905, 5906 and 5907 of Title 71. § 20. Requirements for qualification as qualified pension plan. Nothing in this act which amends or supplements provisions of 51 Pa.C.S. or 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV shall create in any member of the State Employees' Retirement System or in any other person claiming an interest in the account of any member a contractual right, either expressed or implied, in relation to requirements for qualification of the State Employees' Retirement System as a qualified pension plan under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), compliance with nor any construction of 38 U.S.C. Ch. 43 (relating to employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services), known as the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act or 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV, as amended or supplemented, or any rules or regulations adopted under 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV. The provisions of 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV shall remain subject to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the General Assembly reserves to itself the further exercise of its legislative power to amend or supplement the provisions as may from time to time be required in order to maintain the qualification of the system as a qualified pension plan under section 401(a) and other applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 38 U.S.C. Ch. 43. 2013, JULY 1, P.L.174, NO.32