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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3698 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3003 |
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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 | | Jonathan D. Zlotnik |
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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 a COVID-19 retirement credit study. |
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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:Jonathan D. Zlotnik2nd Worcester1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3698 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3003 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Zlotnik of Gardner, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3003) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Jonathan D. Zlotnik for an investigation by a special commission relative to awarding a |
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| 20 | 20 | | retirement credit to certain public employees who worked between March, 2020 and at least |
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| 21 | 21 | | January, 2021. Public Service. |
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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 a COVID-19 retirement credit study. |
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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 There shall be a commission to study and report on the cost and feasibility of awarding a |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2retirement credit to certain public employees who worked in their normal place of work, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3performing their normal duties between March 13th 2020, and at least January 1st 2021. The |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4commission shall evaluate which employees should qualify for a credit, and by what criteria the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5amount of that credit should be determined. Priority will be given to those employees who in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6normal course of their job continued to interact with members of the public or performed other |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7duties that put them at greater risk of exposure to covid-19. Employees who primarily worked |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8from their home, or who were not required as a condition of their employment to regularly report |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9to their normal place of work during this period shall not be eligible. Elected officials shall not |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10be eligible. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 The commission shall be composed of 2 members appointed by each of the following, the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12Speaker of the House, the Senate President, the Governor; 1 member appointed by each of the 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13following, the Minority Leader of the House, the Minority Leader of the Senate; 3 members |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14appointed by mutual agreement of the Speaker of the House, the Senate President, and the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15Governor who serve in a leadership capacity in an association or union representing the interests |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16of the employees who would be eligible for the credit. |
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