Pennsylvania Code
Title 16 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Part III - Municipal Retirement Board
Chapter 81 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 81.11 - Contract provisions

(a) Plans enrolling or improving plan benefits under Article IV of the law (53 P.S. §§ 81.401-81.413) may not provide benefits in excess of or provide for member contribution rates less than those available to a municipality or a municipality's class of employes under existing law, including laws applicable to the establishment of pension plans.

(b) Plan improvements shall be determined on a total plan basis and not on a benefit-by-benefit comparison nor on an individual-by-individual comparison. An individual's accrued benefit may not be diminished by the implementation of an improved benefit plan contract.