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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2725 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2758 |
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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 | | Natalie M. Blais and Lindsay N. Sabadosa |
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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 vacation time for employees of the Commonwealth who are veterans. |
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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:Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/16/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2725 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2758 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Blais of Deerfield and Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 2758) of Natalie M. Blais relative to the rate of vacation time for certain |
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| 20 | 20 | | employees of the Commonwealth who are veterans and buyback creditable service. Public |
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| 21 | 21 | | Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4060 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to vacation time for employees of the Commonwealth who are veterans. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- If |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3a member in service of a retirement system, who is an employee of the commonwealth, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4purchases creditable service time pursuant to this section, the retirement board shall send |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5notification to the appropriate human resources or personnel administrator for the agency, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6department, authority, commission, bureau, division or office of the commonwealth that the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7employee serves indicating the amount of creditable service time the employee purchased |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8pursuant to this section. The member in service shall then receive credit for such service time for |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9the purpose of determining the rate at which he or she earns vacation time as an employee of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10commonwealth. |
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