[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Easttown 7-20-1953 by Ord. No. 12. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is the considered opinion of this body that the extension
of the social security system to employees and officers of the Township
of Easttown will be of great benefit, not only to the employees of
said 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 Township of Easttown,
aforesaid, is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the state
agency a plan, or plans, and agreement, required under Section 6 of
said enabling Act and the Social Security Act,[1] to extend coverage to employees and officers of the Township
of Easttown, aforesaid, and do all other necessary things to effectuate
coverage of employees and officers under the old-age and survivors
insurance system.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.
The Clerk is hereby authorized to establish a system of payroll
deduction to be matched by payments by the Township of Easttown 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 Easttown. 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 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 Easttown 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 Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and the Township
Secretary of the Township of Easttown 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.[1] Such plan and agreement shall provide that the participation
of this Township of Easttown shall commence as of January 1, 1951.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 418.
