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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kenneth I. Gordon
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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 creditable service for Abby Levin, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers’
Retirement System.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex5/23/2023 1 of 1
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By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Kenneth I. Gordon
that the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board be directed to grant creditable service to
Abby Levin for certain service rendered at the Northampton Center for Children and Families.
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 relative to creditable service for Abby Levin, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers’
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 Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the
2Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System shall credit Abby Levin, a member of the
3Massachusetts’s Teachers’ Retirement System, with one year of creditable service for her work
4at the Northampton Center for Children and Families during the 1979-1980 school year, for the
5purpose of determining her superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to paragraph (a) of
6subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. Before the date that any
7retirement allowance becomes effective in the case of Abby Levin, she shall pay into the annuity
8savings fund of the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System in one (1) sum or installments,
9upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would
10have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular compensation for such previous
11service, plus buyback interest.