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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1747 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1820 |
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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 | | Julian Cyr |
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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 correcting pension inequity for James G. Clothier. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Julian CyrCape and Islands 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1747 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1820 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1820) of Julian Cyr for legislation to |
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| 19 | 19 | | correct pension inequity for James G. Clothier. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1639 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 correcting pension inequity for James G. Clothier. |
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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. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or rule or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2regulation to the contrary, the teachers' retirement board is hereby authorized and directed to |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3permit James G. Clothier to purchase ten years' of creditable service in the teachers' retirement |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4system for the sum of eighteen thousand five hundred two and 14/100 dollars ($18,502.14), for |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5his service as a teacher in the public schools of New York State. Without limiting the generality |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6of the foregoing, this purchase shall be permitted notwithstanding the receipt by Mr. Clothier of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7any pension, retirement allowance, or similar benefit from any New York State teacher |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8retirement system or program. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 SECTION 2. Upon purchase of the creditable service as provided herein, said service |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10shall be deemed for all purposes to have been purchased on January 26, 1998 and shall be 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11included in the calculation of Mr. Clothier's superannuation retirement allowance from the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12teachers' retirement system retroactively to the effective date of his retirement on June 30, 2002. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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