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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3931 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2954
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel J. Ryan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the funding ratio of the public employee retirement system.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Ryan2nd Suffolk1/17/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3931 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2954
By Representative Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2954) of Daniel
J. Ryan relative to the funding ratio of the public employee retirement system. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2651 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to the funding ratio of the public employee retirement system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 22 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is
2hereby amended by deleting the third sentence of subsection (c1/2) of subsection 8 and inserting
3in place thereof the following:- Any system found by the commission to have a funded ratio of
4less than fifty percent and an annual rate of return during the previous ten years that is at least
5three percentage points less than that of the PRIT Fund rate of return over the same period shall
6be declared underperforming by the commission.
7 SECTION 2. Section 22 of Chapter 32, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is
8hereby amended by deleting in the first paragraph of subsection (c 1/2) of subsection 8 the words
9"shall be in perpetuity" and inserting in the place thereof:- may not be revoked for five years.