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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 720 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2976
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark D. Sylvia and Mark C. Montigny
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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 creditable service for Eileen Mullen, a member of the Massachusetts
Teachers’ retirement system.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mark D. Sylvia10th Bristol1/13/2025Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth1/13/2025Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol2/13/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 720 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2976
By Representative Sylvia of Fairhaven and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 2976) of Mark D. Sylvia, Mark C. Montigny and Antonio F. D. Cabral that the
Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board be directed to grant creditable service to Eileen
Mullen for certain service rendered at the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical
High School. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3892 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 creditable service for Eileen Mullen, a member of the Massachusetts
Teachers’ retirement system.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
authorize the Massachusetts Teachers’ retirement board to grant creditable service to Eileen
Mullen, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
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 section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or
2special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Teachers’ retirement board shall credit Eileen
3Mullen, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers’ retirement system, with creditable service for
4the service she rendered as a teacher in the pilot program for criminal justice at the Greater New
5Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School in the city of New Bedford from August
62010 to June 2013 for the purpose of determining her superannuation retirement allowance under 2 of 2
7subsection (a) of paragraph (2) of section 5 of said chapter 32. Before the date that any
8retirement allowance becomes effective in the case of Eileen Mullen, she shall pay into the
9annuity savings fund of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, in 1 sum or installments,
10upon such terms and conditions as the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system may prescribe,
11an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular
12compensation for such previous service, together with buyback interest, as defined in section 1 of
13said chapter 32. This act shall not affect any other retirement benefits that Eileen Mullen may
14otherwise be entitled to.