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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 632 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1837 |
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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 | | Ryan C. Fattman |
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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 the Blackstone Valley vocational regional school district. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Ryan C. FattmanWorcester and Hampden 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 632 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1837 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1837) of Ryan C. Fattman for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to the Blackstone Valley vocational regional school district. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3161 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 the Blackstone Valley vocational regional school district. |
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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. Sub-section 4 of section 28 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3paragraph: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 (c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Blackstone Valley |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5Regional Vocational Technical High School, the employees of which have become, or which |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6become members of the state employees retirement system under the provisions of this |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7subdivision or any other previous act, shall remit to the state board of retirement as the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8employer's normal cost as determined by the actuary, of benefits earned during each year by such |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9employees who are members of the state employees' retirement system. 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 The actuary shall determine such cost as a percentage of the payroll of the Blackstone |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School for such employees based upon the most |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12recent actuarial valuation of the state retirement system. The actuary may consider factors |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13including types of governmental unit, employee demographic information, and employee group |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14classification to help in the determination of said percentage. Said cost shall be paid monthly |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15and deposited in the pension reserve fund of the state employees' retirement system. The actuary |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16shall review the percentage determined in this paragraph at least every three years. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17 SECTION 2. Sub-section (4) of section 28 of chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18amended by adding the following paragraph: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 (d) The state retirement board upon terms and conditions it may establish, may require a |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20participating employer governed by this sub-section, who fails to remit either its normal cost |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21amount as determined in paragraph (c), or the contributions made on behalf of employees who |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22are members of the Massachusetts State Employees Retirement System as required by section 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23of Chapter 32, by the first day of the second month following the work month, to pay an |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24additional amount equal to 10% of the total amount of delinquent contributions. The state |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25retirement board shall have the right to commence an action in contract for payment of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26outstanding amounts determined to be due in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27 SECTION 3. Reimbursements currently outstanding to the state retirement board under |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28paragraph (b) of sub-section (4) of section 28 of chapter 32 for calendar years 2013, 2014, and |
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| 58 | 58 | | 292015 shall not be required. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30 SECTION 4. Reimbursements currently outstanding to the state retirement board under |
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| 60 | 60 | | 31paragraph (c) of sub-section (4) of section 28 of chapter 32 for calendar years 2016, 2017 and 3 of 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 322018 shall be required and remitted under terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the |
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| 62 | 62 | | 33board. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 34 SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. |
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