1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 383 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2608 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Lenny Mirra _________________ 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 retirement eligibility. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lenny Mirra2nd Essex1/11/2023 1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 383 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2608 By Representative Mirra of Georgetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2608) of Lenny Mirra relative to retirement benefits for certain elected officials. Public Service. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 2733 OF 2021-2022.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ An Act relative to retirement eligibility. 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. Section 5 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (a), the following new 3subsection:- 4 (a ½) State officials, elected to the office by popular vote, on or after April 2, 2012, must, 5in order to be eligible for retirement under superannuation, have attained 67 years of age and 6have a minimum of 10 years of creditable service.