HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2354
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas A. Golden, 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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to certain Option B and Option C retirees.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Thomas A. Golden, Jr. | 16th Middlesex | 1/17/2013 |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex |
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Carlo Basile | 1st Suffolk |
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Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
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Anne M. Gobi | 5th Worcester |
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Kevin J. Murphy | 18th Middlesex |
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Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
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Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex |
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Michael R. Knapik | Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Martin J. Walsh | 13th Suffolk |
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Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex |
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Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
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Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2510 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2354
By Mr. Golden of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2354) of Thomas A. Golden, Jr. and others relative to increasing pension benefits for certain retired teachers and public employees. Public Service. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act relative to certain Option B and Option C retirees.
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 the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, a member who is receiving a lesser retirement allowance in accordance with the terms of Option B or Option C or a Survivor Benefit of Subdivision of Section (to be filled in by filer) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, from a retirement system that accepts the provisions of this act, if a retired teacher of the Boston or Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System, and retired prior to July 2004, those who took an Option B shall have his retirement allowance increased by $542 ; if from the State Retirement System, or from a retirement system that accepts the provisions of this act , those who took an Option B and retired prior to July 2004 shall have his retirement allowance increased by $395. If a retired teacher of the Boston or Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System and took an Option C and retired prior to July 2004 shall receive an increase to his retirement allowance of $1800; if from the State Retirement System, or from a retirement system that accepts the provisions of this act, those who took an Option C and retired prior to July 2004, shall have his retirement allowance increased by $1200. Those who are survivors of members who were teachers of the Boston or Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System and the members retired prior to July 2004, the survivors retirement allowance shall be increased by $1200; those who are survivors of members of the State Retirement System or from a retirement system that accepts the provisions of this act, and the members retired prior to July 2004, the survivors retirement allowance shall be increased by $900. For purposes of the Act, the State Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement Systems shall be deemed to have accepted the provisions of this act.