[Adopted 1-12-1953 by Ord. No. 538]
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 § 218
of Public Law 734, 81st Congress, United States, 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 Whitehall is hereby authorized
to execute and deliver to the state agency a plan, or plans, and agreement,
required under § 6 of said Enabling Act and the Social Security
Act, to extend coverage to employees and officers of the Township
of Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and do all other necessary
things to effectuate coverage of employees and officers under the
Old Age and Survivors Insurance System.
[Amended 10-10-1977 by Ord. No. 1252]
The Director of the Department of Administration
or his designee is hereby authorized to establish a system of payroll
deduction to be matched by payments by the Township of Whitehall 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 Whitehall. 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 general
fund, or funds, of the Township of Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania,
in the necessary amount to pay into the contribution fund as provided
in § 4 of the Enabling Act and in accordance with the plan,
or plans, and agreement. Authority is given to the President and the
Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Whitehall,
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, to enter into an agreement with the state
agency, which agreement shall be in accordance with Act No. 491 and
with § 218 of the Social Security Act. Such plan and agreement
shall provide that the participation of Whitehall Township, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania, shall commence as of January 1, 1953.
