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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3174 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3649 |
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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 | | Sean Garballey |
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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 involving teachers retirement funds. |
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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:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3174 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3649 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3649) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sean Garballey relative to teachers' retirement funds. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act involving teachers retirement funds. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Paragraph (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 (t) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any member with a |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4retirement account from a nonpublic school employed in habilitative services pursuant to section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 512C of chapter 71B may, before the date any retirement allowance becomes effective for them, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6pay into the annuity savings fund of the appropriate system in 1 sum, or in installments, provided |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7the maximum amount shall not exceed $5,000 per year, upon such terms and conditions as the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8board may prescribe, had such service been rendered in a public school of the commonwealth or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9public institution of higher education and had they been a member of the teachers' retirement |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10system or the state retirement system during the period such service was rendered. Upon the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11completion of such payments, such member shall receive the same credit for such period of their |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12previous nonpublic school service as would have been allowed if such service had been rendered 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13by such member in a public school of the commonwealth or public institution of higher |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14education. |
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