2017 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 - EDUCATION
Chapter 84 - School Employees' Defined Contribution Plan
Section 8405 - Mandatory pickup participant contributions
(a) Treatment for purposes of IRC § 414(h).--The contributions to the trust required to be made under section 8404(a) (relating to participant contributions) with respect to school service rendered by an active participant shall be picked up by the employer and shall be treated as the employer's contribution for purposes of IRC § 414(h). After the effective date of this section, an employer employing a participant in the plan shall pick up the required mandatory participant contributions by a reduction in the compensation of the participant.
(b) Treatment for other purposes.--For all other purposes under this part and otherwise, mandatory pickup participant contributions shall be treated as contributions made by a participant in the same manner and to the same extent as if the contributions were made directly by the participant and not picked up.
