Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

71 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5951 (2026)

State guarantee regarding the system.

✓ current as of May 2026

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SUBCHAPTER E

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.

5951. State guarantee regarding the system.

5952. State supervision.

5953. Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds.

5953.1. Approval of domestic relations orders.

5953.2. Irrevocable beneficiary.

5953.3. Irrevocable survivor annuitant.

5953.4. Amendment of approved domestic relations orders.

5953.5. Transfer of domestic relations orders against county pension plans.

5953.6. Irrevocable successor payee.

5954. Fraud and adjustment of errors.

5955. Construction of part.

5955.1. Construction of part with respect to older workers protection.

5955.2. Construction of part with respect to the Internal Revenue Code.

5956. Provisions severable.

5957. Independent Fiscal Office study.

5958. Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission.

§ 5951. State guarantee regarding the system.

The required interest charges payable, the maintenance of reserves in the fund, and the payment of all annuities and other benefits granted by the board from the system under the provisions of this part relating to the establishment and administration of the system are hereby made obligations of the Commonwealth. All income, interest, and dividends derived from deposits and investments of the system authorized by this part shall be used for the payment of the said obligations of the Commonwealth and shall not be used for any obligation of the plan or trust.

(June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1976–1978 · leading case: United Brokers Mortg. Co. v. Fid. Philadelphia Trust Co., 363 A.2d 817 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1976).

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United Brokers Mortg. Co. v. Fid. Philadelphia Trust Co., 363 A.2d 817 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1976). “Most germane in this case, the financial obligations of the Retirement Board are designated to be obligations of the Commonwealth, 71 Pa. C.S. §5951, and the legislation has also provided for appropriations for operating expenses of the Retirement Board from the General Fund.”

Blake ex rel. Blake v. Kline, 462 F. Supp. 825 (E.D. Pa. 1978). “§ 8531; 71 Pa.C.S. § 5951. The wording of these two sections is nearly identical.”

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