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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1023 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2963 |
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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 | | Alan Silvia |
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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 veterans' buyback. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Alan Silvia7th Bristol1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1023 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2963 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Silvia of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2963) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Alan Silvia relative to retirement buyback for veterans. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2662 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to veterans' buyback. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “be”, in line 148, the following |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3words:- provided written notice by the retirement board upon entry into service that they are. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 4 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5amended by inserting after the word “member”, in line 151, the following words:- , prior to or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6within 1 year of vesting pursuant to this chapter,. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 SECTION 3. Section 3 of chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as amended by section 2 of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8chapter 468 of the acts of 2002, is hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any member of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10a retirement system who is a member in service and a veteran who failed to make the purchase 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11authorized in paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12within the required 180 days pursuant to chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as amended, shall be |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13given a 1-time opportunity to apply to the retirement system to make said purchase within 1 year |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14from the effective date of this act. Each retirement system shall provide written notice to all |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15members in service of their potential eligibility for this purchase within 90 days of the effective |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16date of this act. |
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