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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 279 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1790 |
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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 | | Michael D. Brady |
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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 creditable service for elected officials. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 279 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1790 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1790) of Michael D. Brady for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to creditable service for elected officials. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1616 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 creditable service for elected officials. |
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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 4 (2) (c) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 In the case of any employee of any governmental unit who is a member of the retirement |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4system pertaining thereto, the board may allow credit, upon whatever proportionate basis it shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5determine under appropriate rules and regulations which shall be subject to the approval of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6actuary, for any previous period of part-time, elected, provisional, temporary, temporary |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7provisional, seasonal or intermittent employment or service rendered by him after such a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8retirement system becomes operative and while he was not eligible for membership or in the case |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9of an elected official, did not exercise his right to become a retirement system member, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10excluding any prescribed waiting period under the provisions of the law or under the board's 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11rules and regulations in effect during such previous period before eligibility for membership, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12established either by law or board ruling in effect prior to January first, nineteen hundred and |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13forty-six, for which such service credit was given upon attaining membership. |
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