1 of 1 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1118 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1678 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Cindy F. Friedman _________________ 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 the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Cindy F. FriedmanFourth Middlesex 1 of 2 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1118 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1678 By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1678) of Cindy F. Friedman for legislation relative to the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees. Public Service. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE SENATE, NO. 1723 OF 2021-2022.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ An Act relative to the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees. 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. Option (d) of section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in 2the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “or $500”, in line 233, 3the following words:- "or $750". 4 SECTION 2. Said option (d) of said section 12 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is 5hereby further amended by inserting after the word “commission.”, in line 258, the following 6paragraph:- 7 Beginning July 1, 2023, the normal monthly member-survivor allowance provided for 8under this option to a spouse of a deceased member shall not be less than $750 for members of 9the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement system. The provisions of this paragraph shall 2 of 2 10take effect for the members of a retirement system of any other political subdivision by a 11majority vote of the board of such system and by the local legislative body. For the purpose of 12this paragraph, local legislative body shall mean a town meeting for a town system, the city 13council subject to the provisions of its charter for a city system, the county retirement board 14advisory council for a county system, the regional retirement board advisory council for a 15regional system, the district members for a district system and the governing body of an authority 16for an authority system. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a 17certification of such vote with the commission.