Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2805 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3082 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2805
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	David F. DeCoste
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act authorizing the South Shore Charter School to join the State Employees Retirement
13	13	System.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/16/2025 1 of 3
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3082 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2805
19	19	By Representative DeCoste of Norwell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2805) of
20	20	David F. DeCoste for legislation to authorize employees of the South Shore Charter School to
21	21	join the state employees retirement system. Public Service.
22	22	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
23	23	SEE HOUSE, NO. 2499 OF 2023-2024.]
24	24	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
25	25	_______________
26	26	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
27	27	(2025-2026)
28	28	_______________
29	29	An Act authorizing the South Shore Charter School to join the State Employees Retirement
30	30	System.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the South Shore
34	34	2Charter School, a charter school established pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71 of the general
35	35	3laws, upon a vote of its board of directors, may accept the applicable provisions of chapter 32 of
36	36	4the General Laws and thereby cause all eligible employees of the school, who are not eligible to
37	37	5join the teachers retirement system pursuant to chapter . 32 of the general laws, to become Group
38	38	61 members of the state employees retirement system, effective January 1, 2017.
39	39	7 SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state
40	40	8employees retirement system shall grant creditable service to employees of the South Shore
41	41	9Charter School who become members as provided for in section 1 of this act. Eligible members 2 of 3
42	42	10shall have 1 opportunity to purchase creditable service for any service time to the South Shore
43	43	11Charter School immediately prior to the implementation of this Act.
44	44	12 (b) Eligibility for creditable service for any such time shall be conditioned upon the
45	45	13payment, in 1 lump sum or in installments upon such terms as the state employees retirement
46	46	14system may provide, an amount equal to the contributions such employee would have otherwise
47	47	15paid into the state employees retirement system had they been a member, at the contribution rate
48	48	16when such members joined the system, plus actuarial-assumed interest.
49	49	17 SECTION 3. Within 60 days after the effective date of this act, the state employees
50	50	18retirement system shall submit a request to the Internal Revenue Service seeking a letter of
51	51	19determination or a ruling on whether this act may be implemented without impairing the
52	52	20compliance of the state employees retirement system or the public employee retirement
53	53	21administration commission with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as qualified pension
54	54	22systems. The state employees retirement system shall submit all relevant and necessary
55	55	23documentation to the Internal Revenue Service to assist in responding to the request.
56	56	24 SECTION 4. (a) Section 2 shall not take effect unless the Internal Revenue Service issues
57	57	25a favorable letter of determination or a ruling, as the case may be, which states that the purchase
58	58	26of service time described in this section shall not result in noncompliance of the state employees
59	59	27retirement system or the public employee retirement administration commission with the Internal
60	60	28Revenue Code of 1986.
61	61	29 (b) Within 60 days after receiving a favorable letter of determination or ruling from the
62	62	30Internal Revenue Service, the state employees retirement system shall notify the members of
63	63	31their eligibility for and the costs associated with this purchase of service. Within 120 days after 3 of 3
64	64	32receiving notification of eligibility, members shall purchase the service in 1 lump sum or enter
65	65	33into an installment agreement to pay for the service.