SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1246        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1354

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

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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 retirement buy back into the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1246        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1354

By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1354) of James B. Eldridge and Carolyn C. Dykema for legislation relative to retirement buy back into the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system.  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 retirement buy back into the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system.

 

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, the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board is hereby authorized and directed to credit Robin Goldberg of Southborough with creditable service for the period from 1997 to 2004, inclusive, during which she served as full-time faculty instructor at Worcester State University for the purpose of determining her retirement allowance.

SECTION 2. Eligibility for this creditable service shall be based upon a buy back from the Optional Retirement Program, in which Robin Goldberg was enrolled during her employment at Worcester State University and at which time she had been vested in the Massachusetts State Retirement System.