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FILED ON: 2/6/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2611
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 non-Commonwealth entities within the state employees' 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 SECTION 1. The General Laws are hereby amended in Chapter 40B by inserting after
2Section 30 the following section:-
3 Section 31. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following
4meanings: --
5 “Agency”, shall mean the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, the
6Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, the
7Northern Middlesex Council of Governments, the Old Colony Planning Council, the Pioneer
8Valley Planning Commission and the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic
9Development District.
10 (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an agency that is a
11member of the state retirement system pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws shall be
12deemed to be or shall continue to be a member of the state retirement system. 2 of 2
13 (c) An agency shall not be held liable for any past due contributions outstanding as of the
14date of passage of this Act.
15 SECTION 2. Paragraph (c) of sub-section 4 of section 28 of chapter 32 of the General
16Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
17 (c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each agency as defined in
18Section 1 above, the employees of which have become, or which become members of the state
19employees retirement system under the provisions of this subdivision or any other previous act,
20shall remit to the state board of retirement as the employer's normal cost as determined by the
21actuary, of benefits earned during each year by such employees who are members of the state
22employees' retirement system.
23 The actuary shall determine such cost as a percentage of the payroll of the district, non-
24commonwealth entity and collaborative for such employees based upon the most recent actuarial
25valuation of the state retirement system. The actuary may consider factors including types of
26governmental unit, employee demographic information, and employee group classification to
27help in the determination of said percentage. Said cost shall be paid monthly and deposited in the
28pension reserve fund of the state employees' retirement system. The actuary shall review the
29percentage determined in this paragraph at least every three years.