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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 298 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2750 |
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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 | | John Barrett, III |
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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 retirement benefits for Neal Bryan Martin. |
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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:John Barrett, III1st Berkshire1/8/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 298 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2750 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2750) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | John Barrett, III that the North Adams retirement board be authorized to grant creditable service |
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| 20 | 20 | | to Neal Bryan Martin for full-time work with the Hoosac Water Quality District. Public Service. |
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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 retirement benefits for Neal Bryan Martin. |
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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. Neal Bryan Martin shall be a member of the North Adams retirement |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2system, which is the retirement system for the employees of the regional Hoosac water quality |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3district, whose two member communities are the city of North Adams and the town of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4Williamstown. The North Adams retirement system serves the employees of the Hoosac water |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5quality district, the non-teaching staff of the Northern Berkshire vocational regional school and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the employees of the city of North Adams and the North Adams housing authority. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8special law to the contrary, the North Adams retirement board shall credit Neal Bryan Martin |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9with not more than 18.5 years of creditable service for his full-time work with the Hoosac water |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10quality district between April 4, 1988 and December 8, 2006, for the purpose of determining his |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to said chapter 32. The board shall confirm the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12exact dates of Neal Bryan Martin’s employment and credit him with creditable service for the 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13amount of actual time of employment during this period in accordance with section 4 of said |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14chapter 32. Neal Bryan Martin’s superannuation retirement allowance shall be calculated as |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15provided for in subdivision (2) of section 5 of said chapter 32, as if he were a member classified |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16in Group 1 and as if he retired at age 65. |
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