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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4026 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2490
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark J. Cusack
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mark J. Cusack5th Norfolk1/20/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4026 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2490
By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2490) of
Mark J. Cusack relative to creditable service for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
police officers. Public Service.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to creditable service for MBTA police officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Paragraph (g) of clause (2) of section 3 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended, in line 248, by inserting the following:-
3 Any member of the Massachusetts State Police or of a local municipal police department,
4who has previous public safety experience as a member of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
5Authority police department, shall be eligible to count creditable years of service in the
6Commonwealth to the local or state retirement system; provided that said police officer shall be
7required to pay into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system in one sum, or in
8installments, upon conditions as the retirement board or authority shall prescribe, an amount
9equal to the accumulated regular deductions otherwise payable by the officer had they been an
10active member in the Massachusetts State Police or local police department at the time of the
11aforesaid employment, together with regular interest thereon up to his first day of employment in
12a local police department or in the Massachusetts State Police.