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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1620 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1810 |
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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 | | Brendan P. Crighton |
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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 ordinary disability retirements. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Brendan P. CrightonThird Essex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1620 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1810 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1810) of Brendan P. Crighton for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to ordinary disability retirements. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1630 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 ordinary disability retirements. |
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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 Subdivision (2) of section 6 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new paragraph: - |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (e) Upon acceptance of this paragraph by a retirement system, payments to a member |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4retired under the provisions of this section shall be no less than the monthly payment to a |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5disabled individual, with the same marital status, under the state supplemental security income |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6program. Acceptance of this paragraph shall be by a majority vote of the board of each such |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purposes herein, “legislative |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8body” shall mean, in the case of a city, the city council in accordance with its charter, in the case |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9of a town, the town meeting, in the case of a county, the county retirement board advisory |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10council, in the case of a region, the regional retirement board advisory council, in the case of a 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11district, the district members, and, in the case of an authority, the governing body. Acceptance |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certification of such votes with the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13commission. For purposes herein, the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement systems |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14shall be deemed to have accepted this paragraph. |
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