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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3528 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2134 |
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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 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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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 relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform. |
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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:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3528 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2134 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2134) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to municipal unemployment insurance. Labor and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 28A of said chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 22022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (e) with respect to any services described in subsections (a) and (b) that are provided by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4municipal employees to or on behalf of an educational institution, benefits shall not be paid to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5any individual under the same circumstances as described in subsections (a) through (c). |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 SECTION 2. Section 29 of said chapter 151A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d)(6) the following:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 (7) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the amount of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9benefits otherwise payable to an individual for any week that begins in a period with respect to |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10which such individual is receiving governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11annuity, or any other similar periodic payment from a defined benefit plan that is based on the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12previous work of such individual for the separating employer or for a base period employer shall 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13be reduced by an amount equal to 65 percent of the amount of such payment that is reasonably |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14attributable to such week; provided, however, that such reduction shall apply only when such |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15separating or base period employer employed the individual for at least 75 percent of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16individual's total length of service on which the defined benefit plan is based; and provided, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17further that such reduction shall apply only if, and to the extent, then consistent with section |
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| 46 | 46 | | 183304(a)(15) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Payments received under the Social Security |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19Act shall not be subject to this paragraph. |
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