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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 585 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2958
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Margaret R. Scarsdale
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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 authorizing Thomas Struthers to purchase creditable service from the Massachusetts
teachers’ retirement board.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex1/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 585 FILED ON: 1/10/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2958
By Representative Scarsdale of Pepperell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2958) of
Margaret R. Scarsdale relative to authorizing Thomas Struthers to purchase creditable service
from the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4219 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 authorizing Thomas Struthers to purchase creditable service from the Massachusetts
teachers’ retirement board.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts teachers’
2retirement board shall credit Thomas Struthers, an employee of Shawsheen Valley Regional
3Vocational Technical High School, with 3 years of creditable service for the period of 1983-
42000, inclusive, when he worked in the occupational field in which he teaches, for the purpose of
5determining his superannuation retirement allowance under paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of
6section 5 of chapter 32. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective in the
7case of Thomas Struthers, he shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the Massachusetts
8teachers’ retirement system, in 1 sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the
9Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would
10have been withheld as regular deductions from his regular compensation for such previous 2 of 2
11service, together with buyback interest, as defined in section 1 of said chapter 32. This act shall
12not affect any other retirement benefits that Thomas Struthers may otherwise be entitled to.