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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3174 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3649
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey
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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 involving teachers retirement funds.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/20/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3174 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3649
By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3649) of
Sean Garballey relative to teachers' retirement funds. 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 involving teachers retirement funds.
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 (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
3 (t) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any member with a
4retirement account from a nonpublic school employed in habilitative services pursuant to section
512C of chapter 71B may, before the date any retirement allowance becomes effective for them,
6pay into the annuity savings fund of the appropriate system in 1 sum, or in installments, provided
7the maximum amount shall not exceed $5,000 per year, upon such terms and conditions as the
8board may prescribe, had such service been rendered in a public school of the commonwealth or
9public institution of higher education and had they been a member of the teachers' retirement
10system or the state retirement system during the period such service was rendered. Upon the
11completion of such payments, such member shall receive the same credit for such period of their
12previous nonpublic school service as would have been allowed if such service had been rendered 2 of 2
13by such member in a public school of the commonwealth or public institution of higher
14education.