AN ACT RELATIVE TO CREDITABLE SERVICE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, any employee of the city of Boston whose employment was terminated in 1981 or 1982 due to a reduction in force and who subsequently was reinstated to his former position on or before July 1, 1984, shall be credited with active service for this period. This credited service shall be included as part of his length of service and shall be applied to his seniority, promotional examinations and retirement; but the employee shall be required to pay into the Annuity Savings Fund of the retirement system in 1 sum, or installments upon conditions as the retirement board shall prescribe, an amount equal to the accumulated regular deductions otherwise payable if he had remained an active member in service during this period of unemployment at the rate of compensation he was receiving at the time of that termination of employment together with the regular interest thereon; and the employee shall be required to pay into the Annuity Savings Fund of the retirement system in 1 sum, or installments upon conditions as the retirement board shall prescribe, an amount equal to the accumulated regular deductions withdrawn, if any, with the regular interest.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.