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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 899 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2806 |
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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 | | Kip A. Diggs |
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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 creditable service for Lynn Turner, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers’ |
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| 13 | 13 | | Retirement System. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kip A. Diggs2nd Barnstable1/13/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 899 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2806 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2806) of Kip |
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| 20 | 20 | | A. Diggs relative to providing for creditable service for retirement purposes for Lynn Turner, a |
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| 21 | 21 | | member of the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System. Public Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3645 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 creditable service for Lynn Turner, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers’ |
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| 30 | 30 | | Retirement System. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall credit |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3Lynn Turner, a member of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, with creditable service |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4for the service she rendered as a teacher at the Horace Mann Public Charter School in the town |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5of Barnstable from November 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010 for the purpose of determining her |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6superannuation retirement allowance under subsection (a) of paragraph (2) of section 5 of said |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7chapter 32. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective in the case of Lynn |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8Turner, she shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9system, in 1 sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the Massachusetts teachers’ |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10retirement system may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11regular deductions from her regular compensation for such previous service, together with |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12buyback interest, as defined in section 1 of said chapter 32. This act shall not affect any other |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13retirement benefits that Lynn Turner may otherwise be entitled to. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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