[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Shaler 6-6-1952 by Ord. No.
557. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Retirement — See Ch. 47.
The extension of the social security system to employees and
officers of the Township of Shaler 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
Township of Shaler 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,"[1] 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
said Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. The Township of Shaler
hereby is 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,[2] to extend coverage to employees and officers of the Township
of Shaler and do all other necessary things to effectuate coverage
of employees and officers under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance
System.
[Amended 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 1739]
The Township Secretary is hereby authorized to establish a system
of payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the Township of
Shaler 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 of Shaler. Such payments are to
be made in accordance with the provisions of the law and regulations
promulgated by the state agency and the Federal Social Security Administrator.
Such payments which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate
of 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 of Shaler in the necessary amounts 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
and Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Shaler
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 the Township of Shaler shall commence as of January
1, 1951.
