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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 813 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2537
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan Williams Gifford
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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 the Massachusetts teacher retirement system.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/17/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden3/8/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 813 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
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By Representative Gifford of Wareham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. [BILL
NUMBER]) of Susan Williams Gifford relative to creditable service within the Teachers’
Retirement System for service rendered in territories or military bases. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2658 OF 2021-2022.]
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 the Massachusetts teacher retirement system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Subsection (4) of Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as
2appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 484, after the
3words “United States,” the following words:- "service rendered in a territory of the United
4States, service rendered on a United States military base,"