[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Road Supervisors of the Township
of Palmer 9-6-1952 as Ord. No. 10. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Pension Fund — See Ch. 24.
It is the considered opinion of this body that the extension of social
security system to employees and officers of the said township will be of
great benefit not only to the employees of the township by providing that
said employees and officers may participate in the provisions of the Old Age
and Survivors Insurance System, but will also be of great benefit to the said
township by enabling it to attract and retain in employment the best of personnel
and thus increase the efficiency of its government.
The 1951 Session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in regular session, enacted a statute known as "Act No. 491," which is the
enabling act provided for in Section 218 of Public Law 734, 81st Congress,
which designated the Secretary of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to act as the "state agency" to implement the coverage of employees
and officers under the said Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. The Board
of Road Supervisors is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the state
agency a plan or plans and an agreement, required under Section 6 of said
enabling act and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage to employees
and officers of the said township and do all other necessary things to effectuate
coverage of employees and officers under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance
System.
The Township Secretary is hereby authorized to establish a system of
payroll deduction, to be matched by payments by the township, to be made into
the Contribution Fund of the Social Security Act through the office of the
state agency, and to make charges of this tax to the fund or funds from which
wage or salary payments are issued to employees of the township. Such payments
are to be made in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations
promulgated by the state agency and the Federal Security Administrator. Such
payments which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate of one-half
of one percent (1/2 of 1%) per month until such time as payments are made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper fund, or funds, of the
township in the necessary amount to pay into the Contribution Fund as provided
in Section 4 of the enabling act and in accordance with the plan or plans
and agreement. Authority is given to the President of the Board and the Township
Secretary to enter into an agreement with the state agency, which agreement
shall be in accordance with Act No. 491 and with Paragraph 218 of the Social
Security Act. Such plan and agreement shall provide that the participation
of this township shall commence as of January 1, 1951.
