SENATE DOCKET, NO. 898        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1346

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth J. Donnelly

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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 Option (d) beneficiaries.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

 

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

 

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

 

Thomas P. Kennedy

Second Plymouth and Bristol

3/4/2015


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 898        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1346

By Mr. Donnelly, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1346) of Kenneth J. Donnelly, Thomas M. McGee, Jason M. Lewis, Barbara L'Italien and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to Option (d) beneficiaries.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to Option (d) beneficiaries.

 

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 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking lines 144 thru 150 and inserting in place thereof the following:

Option (d), Member Survivor Allowance. – At any time a member, upon his written notice on a prescribed form filed with the board prior to his death, may nominate one or more eligible beneficiaries as set forth under option (c) of this section, who if such member dies before being retired shall receive a portion, as specified on said form,  of the yearly amount of the option (c) allowance to which such member would have been entitled had his retirement taken place on the date of his death; provided that in the event that multiple beneficiaries are nominated the benefit will be calculated using the youngest beneficiary’s age at the time of the member’s death; and, provided further, that upon the death of a beneficiary, all payments to surviving beneficiaries shall remain unchanged.