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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 875 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2633 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Edward R. Philips |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act authorizing the State Retirement Board to grant creditable service to James Wright. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Edward R. Philips8th Norfolk1/11/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 875 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2633 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2633) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Edward R. Philips that the State Retirement Board be authorized to grant creditable service to |
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| 20 | 20 | | James Wright, an employee of the town of Sharon. Public Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2752 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act authorizing the State Retirement Board to grant creditable service to James Wright. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2public good, the State Board of Retirement shall credit James Wright, an employee of the Town |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3of Sharon, with full-time creditable service for his employment service already so rendered from |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4February 1, 1990 to February 28, 1992 to the 104th Fighter Wing Fire Department for the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5purpose of determining a retirement allowance under Chapter 32 of the General Laws. James |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Wright must satisfy all other applicable eligibility requirements for a retirement allowance as set |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7forth in Chapter 32 of the General Laws, and under the rules and regulations of the State Board |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8of Retirement. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 Eligibility for this creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment by James Wright |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10to the Massachusetts State Retirement System of an amount equal to the retirement contributions 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11that would have been deducted under said Chapter 32 if he had received regular compensation |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12during this entire period at a full-time annual rate based on the annual rate of regular |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13compensation that he was receiving, plus buy back interest thereon. Such repayment shall be |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14made in one lump sum or in installments under terms and conditions as the State Retirement |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15Board shall prescribe. Any such payments must be completed prior to the effective date of any |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16retirement allowance requested. |
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