Pennsylvania Act 1951-231 — AUTHORIZING DEDUCTIONS FROM SALARIES OF STATE EMPLOYES FOR GROUP LIFE INSURANCE

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AUTHORIZING DEDUCTIONS FROM SALARIES OF STATE EMPLOYES FOR GROUP LIFE
                                INSURANCE
                 Act of Jul. 19, 1951, P.L. 1074, No. 231             Cl. 40
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring certain officers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
        and its departments, boards, commissions and agencies, and of
        the political subdivisions thereof, to deduct from the
        salaries, wages or other compensation payable by them to any
        elected or appointed officers or employes, the premiums or
        other charges due from such persons under various contracts
        of group insurance, when written authorization to make such
        deductions is given by any such persons; and requiring the
        deductions so made to be paid directly to the association or
        corporation furnishing such group insurance.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Any officer or officers of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania or its departments, boards, commissions and
     agencies, or of any political subdivision thereof, whose duty it
     is or may be to make payments or disbursements in the form of
     salaries, wages or other compensation to any elected or
     appointed officer or employe, shall, upon receipt of written
     authorization from any such officer or employe so to do,
     withhold from the salary, wages or other compensation to be paid
     any such officer or employe, any premium or other charge due
     from such officer or employe for group insurance covering life,
     health, hospitalization, medical, osteopathic, or dental
     service, or accident insurance, pursuant to any contract with
     any insurance company, or nonprofit hospitalization corporation,
     or nonprofit medical, osteopathic or dental service corporation
     authorized to transact business with the Commonwealth.
        Section 2.  The duty imposed of making salary deductions as
     aforesaid shall extend to any premiums or other charges due
     under the aforesaid contracts, whether made by such officers or
     employes directly as members of a group, or made on behalf of
     such officers or employes by the Commonwealth or its
     departments, boards, commissions and agencies, or by any
     political subdivision thereof, and the deductions required to be
     made as aforesaid shall be paid directly by the officer or
     officers making such deductions to the association or
     corporation entitled thereto under the contract or contracts
     involved.
        Section 3.  No association or corporation shall have any
     right to any deductions made as aforesaid until they are
     actually paid over to it by the officer or officers making such
     deductions; and neither the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nor its
     departments, boards, commissions and agencies, nor any political
     subdivision thereof, shall be subject to any liability with
     respect to any such deductions, except as to the amount thereof
     actually deducted.
        Section 4.  Any officer or employe who has authorized the
     making of deductions from salary, wages or other compensation as
     aforesaid, may revoke the authority to make such deductions by
     delivering a written revocation to the officer or officers
     involved at least fifteen days before such revocation is to
     become effective; and thereupon, the officer or officers
     involved shall cease to make any such deduction from the salary,
     wages or other compensation of any such officer or employe.
        Section 5.  The provisions of this act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.