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Philadelphia Code tit. 22, ch. 22-200
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Philadelphia Code § 22-201 Membership Upon Employment.

§ 22-201. Membership Upon Employment. (1) Employees first hired before January 8, 1987. 33 All employees who were hired, rehired or first elected before January 8, 1987, shall be members of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to Section 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment) or are Police or Fire employees covered by subsection (3). Of these employees: (a) All municipal employees are members of Plan J which covers members of the Municipal Division Old, except: (.1) an employee appointed to a part-time or nonsalaried position with a board or commission and who was not a compensated member of such board or commission on May 18, 1978. (b) All police employees are members of Plan D which covers members of the Police Division Old. (c) All fire employees are members of Plan X which covers members of the Fire Division Old. (2) Employees hired or rehired on or after January 8, 1987. All employees who are hired, rehired, or first elected on or after January 8, 1987, shall be members of Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, or Plan Y of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to Section 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment) or are Police or Fire employees covered by subsection (3) or (5), or are municipal employees covered by subsection (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) or are elected officials covered by subsection (5). Of these employees: 34 (a) All Municipal Employees are members of Plan Y which covers members of the Municipal Division New as soon as they are employed by the City, except the following: (.1) All employees appointed to part-time or nonsalaried positions on boards and commissions of the City on or after January 8, 1987. (.2) All temporary employees hired for six (6) months or less. A temporary employee is not a member of the Retirement System, does not pay contributions to the Retirement System for temporary service, and does not accrue credit for temporary service. (.3) All persons who are grant program participants with respect to whom the payment of Retirement System contributions from federal or state grant funds would violate 20 C.F.R. § 641.565(b)(2)(iii)(A), or a similar provision. Such grant program participants are not members of the Retirement System, do not pay contributions to the Retirement System for their service in the grant program, and do not accrue credit for service in the grant program. 35 (b) All Police Employees are members of Plan B which covers members of the Police Division New as soon as they are employed by the City. (c) All Fire Employees are members of Plan A of the Fire Division New as soon as they are employed by the City. (d) All elected officials are members of Plan L of the Elected Official Division as soon as they take office. (3) Police and Fire Employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and June 30, 1988. (a) All Police Employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and June 30, 1988 are members of Plan D, which covers members of the Police Division Old. (b) All Fire Employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and June 30, 1988 are members of Plan X, which covers members of the Fire Division Old. (4) Municipal employees first hired between January 8, 1987 and October 1, 1992. 36 (a) A municipal employee first hired between January 8, 1987 and October 1, 1992 and represented by AFSCME District Council 47 Local 2186 or Local 2187 or AFSCME District Council 33 is a member of Plan J, which covers members of the Municipal Division Old, provided that such employee contribute to the Retirement System an amount equal to the difference between the contribution that the employee has previously made to the Retirement System, and what the employee contribution would have been under Plan J during the term of the employee's employment. (b) The employee must either pay to the Retirement System the full amount calculated by the Board under this subsection (4) or make such arrangements to pay such amount under an installment plan pursuant to Section 22-806 (Installment Payments). (5) Employees hired or rehired or assuming elected office on or after January 1, 2010. All employees who 37 (a) either (.1) are police or fire employees; or (.2 are represented by Lodge 5 of the F.O.P. and are employees of the Sheriff's Office or of the Register of Wills; or (.3) are represented by AFSCME, District Council 47, or AFSCME, District Council 33; or (.4) are municipal employees not represented by a union or are elected officials; and who (b) are hired or rehired or first elected during the period set out below in subsections (.1) through (.11) are members of Plan '10 immediately upon employment by the City or upon taking office, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to Section 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment) or unless, within thirty (30) days of employment, the employee (except an employee who either (.1) is represented by Lodge No. 5 of the F.O.P. and is an employee of the Register of Wills or (.2) is a guard represented by DC33) makes an irrevocable election to become a member of Plan A or B or Y or L, as applicable. 38 (.1) For police employees: On or after January 1, 2010. (.2) For fire employees: On or after October 15, 2010. (.3) For employees of the Sheriff's Office or of the Register of Wills not represented by Lodge 5 of the F.O.P.: On or after January 1, 2012. 39 (.4) For employees represented by AFSCME, District Council 47: From March 5, 2014 through December 31, 2018. 40 (.5) For municipal employees in the civil service not represented by a union: From May 14, 2014 through December 31, 2018. 41 (.6) For employees represented by AFSCME, District Council 33, other than guards represented by DC33 or OHCD employees: From September 9, 2014, through August 19, 2016. (.7) For guards represented by DC33: From November 14, 2014, through August 19, 2016. (.8) For municipal employees not in the civil service and not represented by a union: From November 14, 2014 through December 31, 2018. 42 (.9) For elected officials: On or after November 14, 2014. (.10) For OHCD employees: From December 1, 2015, through August 19, 2016. 43 (.11) For employees represented by Lodge 5 of the F.O.P. who are employees of the Sheriff's Office or of the Register of Wills: From January 1, 2012, through the day before the effective date of the ordinance adding this subsection (.11). 44 (6) Employees represented by AFSCME District Council 33 first hired or rehired on or after August 20, 2016. All employees represented by AFSCME District Council 33 hired or rehired on or after August 20, 2016 shall be members of Plan 16 of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to Section 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment). 45 (7) Employees represented by Lodge 5 of the F.O.P. who are employees of the Sheriff's Office or the Register of Wills first hired or rehired on or after the effective date of the ordinance adding this subsection (7). All employees represented by Lodge 5 of the F.O.P. who are employees of the Sheriff's Office or the Register of Wills hired or rehired on or after the effective date of the ordinance adding this subsection (7) shall be members of Plan 16 of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to Section 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment). 46 (8) Municipal employees not represented by a union and employees represented by AFSCME District Council 47 first hired or rehired on or after January 1, 2019. Municipal employees not represented by a union and employees represented by AFSCME District Council 47 first hired or rehired on or after January 1, 2019, shall be members of Plan 16 of the Retirement System, except to the extent that they are afforded other options pursuant to Section 22-203 (Membership After Reemployment). 47 Notes 33 | Amended, Bill No. 000342 (approved January 23, 2001). Section 2 of Bill No. 000342 reads as follows: "Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective retroactively to January 13, 1999, except for amendments to Code Section 22-310, which shall be effective retroactively to June 28, 1999, and except that, as to members of Plan L, any part of this Ordinance that represents an increase or diminishment in the benefit rights of such members shall not apply to an elected official during any term of office to which such official was elected prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, but shall only apply to an elected official during a term of office to which such official was elected after the effective date of this Ordinance." 34 | Amended, Bill No. 100286 (approved June 23, 2010). See note 4 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 110836-A (approved December 21, 2011). Amended, Bill No. 140743 (approved November 14, 2014). See note 28 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016); amended, Bill No. 180557-A (approved June 21, 2018); amended, Bill No. 180599-A (approved June 21, 2018). See note 5 for effective date provisions. 35 | Added, Bill No. 120915 (approved January 14, 2013). 36 | Amended, Bill No. 000342 (approved January 23, 2001). Section 2 of Bill No. 000342 reads as follows: "Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective retroactively to January 13, 1999, except for amendments to Code Section 22-310, which shall be effective retroactively to June 28, 1999, and except that, as to members of Plan L, any part of this Ordinance that represents an increase or diminishment in the benefit rights of such members shall not apply to an elected official during any term of office to which such official was elected prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, but shall only apply to an elected official during a term of office to which such official was elected after the effective date of this Ordinance." 37 | Added, Bill No. 100286 (approved June 23, 2010). See note 4 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 100780 (approved February 9, 2011). See note 4 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 110836-A (approved December 21, 2011); amended, Bill No. 140205 (approved May 14, 2014). Section 2 of Bill No. 140205 provides that the ordinance shall be effective as follows: (1) with respect to members of AFSCME, District Council 47, retroactive to March 5, 2014; (2) in all other respects, immediately. Amended, Bill No. 140741 (approved November 14, 2014). See note 23 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 140743 (approved November 14, 2014). See note 28 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 150720 (approved December 1, 2015); amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 38 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016); amended, Bill No. 180557-A (approved June 21, 2018). 39 | Amended, Bill No. 180557-A (approved June 21, 2018). 40 | Amended, Bill No. 180599-A (approved June 21, 2018). See note 5 for effective date provisions. 41 | Amended, Bill No. 180599-A (approved June 21, 2018). See note 5 for effective date provisions. 42 | Amended, Bill No. 180599-A (approved June 21, 2018). See note 5 for effective date provisions. 43 | Enrolled Bill No. 150720 designated this as subsection (i); renumbered, and internal cross-reference renumbered, by Code editor. 44 | Added, Bill No. 180557-A (approved June 21, 2018). 45 | Added, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 46 | Added, Bill No. 180557-A (approved June 21, 2018). 47 | Added, Bill No. 180599-A (approved June 21, 2018). See note 5 for effective date provisions.

Philadelphia Code § 22-202 Membership After Transfer of Employment.

§ 22-202. Membership After Transfer of Employment. (1) Transfers between divisions. After transferring employment between divisions, a member's retirement rights and related benefits are determined solely by the provisions of the appropriate plan of the division into which the member has transferred. Credited service under the plan of the member's previous division is automatically transferred as credited service to the appropriate plan of the member's new division except in the following cases: (a) Any disabled member who is (or was) transferred because of Civil Service Regulation 32 may remain a member of the appropriate plan of the division to which the member belonged before the transfer. (b) If any member of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X who is eligible to retire transfers to employment covered by another plan of the Retirement System, such member shall retain both the eligibility for retirement and the accrued benefit as determined pursuant to the provisions relating to the plan of the division from which such member has transferred. (c) Any vested member of Plan A, Plan B or Plan L who transfers to the Municipal Division New may elect to have credited service calculated at the elected official, police or fire rate for credited service earned in the applicable elected official, police or fire plan for the member's previous service and at the municipal rate for municipal credited service earned after transfer. This election shall apply only to the calculation of the dollar amount of the benefit and not to the age, service and other eligibility requirements for benefits, which shall be determined by the requirements of the plan into which the member has transferred. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, any member of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X whose benefits have vested under any plan of the Retirement System who was on July 1, 1972 employed, or who was on June 7, 1973 employed in a position covered by a different plan, shall, upon retirement, have the option of having retirement benefits calculated on the basis of total service with the City in either the plan in which retirement benefits became vested or in the plan in which the employee was a member at the time of retirement. In any such case, the calculation of the retirement benefit shall be in accordance with the provisions of subsection 22-301(3)(a) (Service Retirement Benefits) and subsection 22-105(6)(a) ("Average Final Compensation"). (e) If any member of Plan A, Plan B, Plan D, Plan J or Plan X of the Retirement System is appointed Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of the Fire or Police Department, the member shall retain membership in the plan covering the member's prior employment. 49 (f) If any member of Plan J, Plan Y, or Plan 16, or any municipal employee member of Plan '10, of the Retirement System is appointed to a position: 50 (.1) as a uniformed or investigatory employee in the Police Department other than Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, or in the District Attorney's Office, the member shall not become a member of the applicable Police Plan (Plan D or Plan B) until after five years' service as a police employee; (.2) as a uniformed employee in the Fire Department other than Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, the member shall not become a member of the applicable Fire Plan (Plan X or Plan A) until after five years' service as a fire employee. Until completion of such five years' service, the member shall retain membership in the plan covering the member's prior employment. Such retained membership in the prior plan shall include remaining in the prior plan for eligibility and benefits calculations for any DROP participation and all other purposes of Section 22-310 of this Title. Nothing in this subsection, however, shall prevent a uniformed or investigatory employee in the Police Department or in the District Attorney's Office from being considered a "Police Employee" or a uniformed employee in the Fire Department from being considered a "Fire Employee" for the purposes of disability benefits under Chapter 22-400 or death benefits under Chapter 22-500. Notes 48 | Amended, Bill Nos. 000642 and 000656 (approved February 21, 2001). Section 3 of the Bills provided that the amendments "shall be effective immediately and shall apply to any appointments to the Police Department or the District Attorney's Office or to the Fire Department that are effective on or after the effective date" of the Ordinances. 49 | Amended, Bill No. 080930 (approved April 29, 2009). 50 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016).

Philadelphia Code § 22-203 Membership After Reemployment.

§ 22-203. Membership After Reemployment. (1) Reemployment on or after January 8, 1987. (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), all separated employees who become reemployed by the City on or after January 8, 1987 become subject to the provisions of Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, Plan '10, or Plan 16. 51 (b) The following employees shall remain subject to the provisions of the plan covering them when they separated from service with the City unless they elect, in writing, on forms provided by the Board, to transfer membership to the applicable division covered by Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, or Plan Y pursuant to Section 22-205 (Optional Transfer of Membership): (.1) Employees who are receiving service or disability retirement benefits under Plan D, Plan J or Plan X; (.2) Employees who are entitled to separation service retirement benefits under Plan D, Plan J or Plan X; and (.3) Employees who, upon separation from employment with the City, when covered by Plan D, Plan J or Plan X, did not withdraw their pension contributions. (.4) Employees who become reemployed on or after January 1, 2010, and who, upon previous separation from service with the City, did not withdraw their pension contributions; provided that such employee, in writing within thirty (30) days of reemployment, makes an election to remain subject to the provisions of the plan covering him or her when he or she separated from service with the City. 52 (c) If a reemployed member: (.1) was receiving service or disability retirement benefits; or (.2) is entitled to separation service retirement benefits; or (.3) did not withdraw the member's contributions upon separation from employment; and (.4) was a member of Municipal Division New, Fire Division New, Police Division New or the Elected Officials Division before reemployment which division calculated service retirement benefits for years of credited service at a rate higher than that used to calculate service retirement benefits in the member's new division, then the member's service retirement benefits for subsequent years of service shall be calculated and credited in accordance with the provisions governing the member's new division while service retirement benefits for prior years of service shall be calculated and credited at the higher rate applicable to the member's former division in the Retirement System. (2) Purchase of credit for prior City service. Any rehired employee who becomes a member of Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, Plan '10, or Plan 16 pursuant to subsection 22-203(1) (Membership After Reemployment) and who withdrew contributions for prior service with the City may purchase credit for prior service in the member's new plan, regardless of the retirement plan to which the member had previously belonged. To purchase credit for prior service, the rehired employee must pay the amount the member contributed or would have contributed for credit if the member had been a member of Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, Plan '10, or Plan 16 during the member's prior employment, plus interest at the assumed earnings rate for fund investments as determined by the Board from time to time. Requirements for the purchase of credit are provided in Section 22-803 (Purchase of Prior City Service). 53 Notes 51 | Amended, Bill No. 100286 (approved June 23, 2010). See note 4 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 52 | Added, Bill No. 100286 (approved June 23, 2010). See note 4 for effective date provisions. 53 | Amended, Bill No. 100286 (approved June 23, 2010). See note 4 for effective date provisions. Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016).

Philadelphia Code § 22-204 Reemployment of Retired Members.

§ 22-204. Reemployment of Retired Members. (1) Retired employees. A retired member who is receiving retirement benefits from the Retirement System and who is rehired by the City shall have such benefits suspended for the duration of reemployment unless: (a) The member is rehired as an election officer, a registrar of voters, or a juror; or (b) The member is rehired as a member of a board or commission which does not participate in the Retirement System pursuant to Section 22-201 (Membership Upon Employment). (2) Reemployment for less than three (3) years. If the period of reemployment under Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, Plan '10, or Plan 16 is less than three (3) years, then when the reemployed member retires from City employment, the previous retirement benefits shall resume, and the Board shall refund the member's regular contributions made during the period of reemployment, and cancel the member's service credit for that period of reemployment. 54 (3) Reemployment for three (3) or more years. If the period of reemployment under Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, Plan '10, or Plan 16 is three (3) years or more, then when the reemployed member retires from City employment, the member's retirement benefits are redetermined to include credited service earned both before and after reemployment. 55 (a) If a reemployed member previously received an Option 5 partial lump sum benefit, then the redetermination under this subsection (3) shall include an actuarial reduction so that the following two amounts are actuarial equivalents: (.1) the Partial Lump Sum (as defined in subsection 22-312(1)) and all monthly pension benefits received by the member prior to reemployment, plus the value of all redetermined pension benefits as actuarially reduced; and (.2) the monthly pension benefits the member would have received prior to reemployment had the member elected the Regular Benefit Option (as defined in subsection 22-312(1)) rather than Option 5, plus the value of all monthly pension benefits as they would have been redetermined under this subsection without actuarial reduction. (4) Reemployment of retired members of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X. Any member who becomes reemployed by the City following retirement and who is receiving benefits under Municipal Revised Coverage Plan 60 or Police- Fire Coverage Plan 50, shall become a member of the appropriate plan as if the member were first employed on the date of reemployment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such member shall be entitled to retire thereafter under the age and service provisions of the plan covering such member's employment at the time of the prior retirement. Such member shall continue to accrue service credit during the period of subsequent employment. Upon subsequent retirement, the member shall be entitled to receive the accrued benefit earned under the member's original plan together with any additional accrued benefit earned for the period of subsequent employment under the plan which covers the member upon reemployment. If a retired member reenters the service of the City and remains an employee of the City continuously for three (3) or more years after reemployment, the member may elect to retire thereafter under the age and service provisions applicable at the time of subsequent retirement with full credit for the entire service with the City both before and after the first retirement, provided that if such retired member previously received an Option 5 lump sum benefit, then the member's recalculated pension benefits under this sentence shall be actuarially reduced in the same manner as provided in subsection (3)(a). 56 (5) Accrued benefit. In no event shall the accrued benefit of a retired member who is reemployed after retirement be less than the member's accrued benefit as of the date of the prior retirement, unless the employee has elected to transfer to a different plan upon reemployment. (6) Employees of a "quasi-public agency". Any employee of a "quasi-public agency" as defined by an ordinance approved March 1, 1963 (1963 Ordinances, p. 148), as amended, who is entitled to retire or has retired under the provisions of the "quasi-public agency" retirement plan and who thereafter enters or reenters the service of the City shall not be entitled to receive credited service in the Retirement System for municipal service which has been transferred to the "quasi-public agency" or for service rendered under the "quasi-public agency" retirement plan. (7) Disabled Members. A disabled member receiving service-connected disability retirement benefits shall have such benefits suspended upon reemployment and may, upon completing five (5) years of continuous reemployment with the City, purchase credited service for the period of time spent receiving service-connected disability retirement benefits. The purchase of credited service must occur prior to completion of the sixth year of reemployment unless the member enters into an installment payment plan pursuant to Section 22-806 (Installment Payments). For members of Plan D, Plan J and Plan X, each year of credited service or portion thereof purchased shall cost six percent (6%) of the annual salary of the position the member separated from at the time of the member's separation to receive a service-connected disability retirement benefit plus six percent (6%) annual interest on said cost from the year separated to the date of application for repurchase under this subsection. For members of Plan A, Plan B, Plan Y, Plan L, Plan '10, and Plan 16, each year of credited service or portion thereof purchased shall cost an amount determined by the total of: 57 (a) the product of the percentage of compensation that employees in the employee's plan were contributing at the time of the employee's separation to receive a service-connected disability retirement times the annual salary that the employee was receiving at that time, or, for members of Plan 16 whose annual salary was in excess of the Stacked Hybrid Cap, times the Stacked Hybrid Cap; plus 58 (b) nine percent (9%) annual interest on the amount in (a) from the year separated to the date of application for repurchase under this subsection. (8) No repayment. Reemployed members are not required to repay any retirement benefits that were received. Notes 54 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 55 | Amended, Bill No. 110443 (became law September 15, 2011), effective December 14, 2011; amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 56 | Amended, Bill No. 110443 (became law September 15, 2011), effective December 14, 2011. 57 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 58 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016).

Philadelphia Code § 22-205 Optional Transfer of Membership.

§ 22-205. Optional Transfer of Membership. (1) Reemployed members of Plan D, Plan J or Plan X. Any separated employee who: (a) had been receiving service or disability retirement benefits under Plan D, Plan J or Plan X; or (b) is entitled to separation service retirement benefits under Plan D, Plan J or Plan X; or (c) upon separation from employment with the City when covered by Plan D, Plan J or Plan X, did not withdraw their pension contributions, upon reemployment, may elect either to be subject to the provisions of the plan covering them when they separated from service with the City or to transfer membership to the applicable division covered by Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, or Plan 16. Such transfers are irrevocable. 59 (2) Effective Date. A membership transfer takes effect at the beginning of the first full pay period following the Board's receipt of a member's application for transfer. (3) Contributions. If a member transfers membership to Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, or Plan 16, the member must pay the Retirement System the difference between the contributions made before the transfer and the amount that would have been contributed if membership had been established in such plan during previous credited service, in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-803 (Purchase for Prior City Service), except that: 60 (a) Transferring members do not have to pay interest on contributions due. (b) Any transferring member who had been contributing six percent (6%) of covered earnings for retirement under the previous pension plan does not have to make additional contributions. (c) Any transferring member who had been contributing more than six percent (6%) of covered earnings for retirement under a previous pension plan is entitled to a refund of the portion of contributions in excess of six percent (6%). Such members are not paid interest on their refunds. (d) Neither refunds nor additional payments are paid for the transfer of service credit earned before August 1, 1967. (4) Transfer of credited service. In transfers of membership to Plan A, Plan B, Plan L, Plan Y, or Plan 16, all of the member's credited service, including service credited before the transfer, shall be transferred to the applicable plan. The transferred member shall be treated as though membership had existed in such plan for the member's entire credited service and the member's retirement rights and benefits shall be determined solely by the new applicable plan. 61 Notes 59 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 60 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016). 61 | Amended, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016).

Philadelphia Code § 22-206 Electing Members of the Retirement System.

§ 22-206. Electing Members of the Retirement System. (1) If an individual is a member of any plan within the Retirement System and elects to participate in the DC Plan pursuant to Section 22-1403, such member shall no longer accrue any additional benefits under the original plan and shall automatically become a member of Plan '10. In such case, any credited service rendered by the member, or compensation paid to the member, after the member becomes a member of Plan '10 shall apply solely to the calculation of the member's benefit under Plan '10 and the DC Plan and shall not be considered for purposes of determining the accrued benefit under the member's prior plan. Credited service accrued by the member under the original plan shall not be considered for purposes of calculating the member's Service Retirement Benefit under Plan '10. The above notwithstanding, for purposes of determining the member's eligibility for Service Retirement Benefits under subsection 22-301(1), all credited service with the City shall be considered. Prior to enrollment in the DC Plan and Plan '10, the Board shall provide to the member an estimated calculation of the member's projected total pension and retirement benefits determined as of the member's minimum retirement age. Enrollment in Plan '10 is irrevocable. (2) Certain members of Plan '10 may elect to participate in Plan 16 as provided in subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) and (2)(c) below. A member who makes such an election shall automatically become a member of Plan 16 upon payment to the Retirement System of the difference between the contributions made before the election and the amount that would have been contributed if membership had been established in Plan 16 during previous credited service, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 22-803(1) (Purchase of Prior City Service, Cost of Purchase), except that the interest provided for in subsection 22-803(1) shall not be charged on the purchase. In such case, all of the member's credited service, including service credited before the election, shall be transferred to Plan 16. For purposes of a member's defined benefit, the member shall be treated as though membership had existed in Plan 16 for the member's entire credited service and the member's retirement rights and defined benefit shall be determined solely by Plan 16. A member's participation and benefits in the DC Plan shall be determined by the applicable provisions of Chapter 22-1400. 63 (a) Members of Plan '10 represented by AFSCME District Council 33: On or before March 9, 2017. (b) Members of Plan '10 represented by Lodge 5 of the F.O.P. who are employees of the Sheriff's Office or the Register of Wills: Within ninety (90) calendar days of the effective date of the ordinance adding this subsection (2)(b). (c) Municipal employees not represented by a union and employees represented by AFSCME District Council 47: From January 1, 2019, through March 31, 2019. Notes 62 | Added, Bill No. 100286 (approved June 23, 2010). See note 4 for effective date provisions. 63 | Added, Bill No. 161013 (approved December 9, 2016); amended, Bill No. 180557-A (approved June 21, 2018); amended, Bill No. 180599-A (approved June 21, 2018). See note 5 for effective date provisions.
Source: City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Code and Home Rule Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/philadelphia/latest/philadelphia_pa/0-0-0-302702Fetched: 10/27/2026

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