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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 788 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2880 |
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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 | | Meghan K. Kilcoyne |
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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 authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board to grant creditable service to |
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| 13 | 13 | | Heather Leger. |
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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:Meghan K. Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/13/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 788 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2880 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2880) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Meghan K. Kilcoyne for legislation to authorize the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board |
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| 21 | 21 | | to grant creditable service to Heather Leger for certain part-time work with the non-public |
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| 22 | 22 | | Applewild school. Public Service. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board to grant creditable service to |
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| 29 | 29 | | Heather Leger. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 31 | 31 | | provide creditable service to a member of the Massachusetts teachers' retirement system, |
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| 32 | 32 | | therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the public convenience. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 35 | 35 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall credit Heather |
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| 38 | 38 | | 3Leger, a member of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, with not more than 2 years of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4creditable service for her part-time work with the nonpublic Applewild school in the city of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 5Fitchburg between the years of 2002 and 2007, inclusive, for the purpose of determining her |
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| 41 | 41 | | 6superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to said chapter 32. The board shall confirm the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 7exact dates of Heather Leger’s work and credit her with creditable service for the amount of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 8actual time worked during this period in accordance with section 4 of said chapter 32. 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 9 SECTION 2. Eligibility for the creditable service authorized in section 1 shall be |
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| 45 | 45 | | 10conditioned upon payment by Heather Leger to the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, in |
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| 46 | 46 | | 11an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular |
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| 47 | 47 | | 12compensation for such previous service, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the Massachusetts |
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| 48 | 48 | | 13teachers’ retirement board shall prescribe. |
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