HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2156 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2461
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to capping pensions at 400%.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
Donald F. Humason, Jr. | 4th Hampden |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester |
Ryan C. Fattman | 18th Worcester |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex |
Matthew A. Beaton | 11th Worcester |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester |
Nicholas A. Boldyga | 3rd Hampden |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
Viriato Manuel deMacedo | 1st Plymouth |
Bradford Hill | 4th Essex |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2156 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2461
By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2461) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to retirement allowances. Public Service. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to capping pensions at 400%.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapters 21and 25 of the Acts of 2009, is hereby further amended by inserting after paragraph (e) the following new paragraph:
(f) In any given year, no retirement allowance, as provided for by this chapter, shall exceed 400 per cent of the average retirement allowance in the commonwealth. The board shall determine the average retirement allowance in the commonwealth as of January 1 of each year.”.
