HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2584        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3294

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Stephen Kulik

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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 vacation time for employees of the Commonwealth who are veterans.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

1/19/2017

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

3/15/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/17/2017

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

 

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

 

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

3/17/2017

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

3/17/2017

Carlos González

10th Hampden

3/16/2017

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

3/17/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

 

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

3/17/2017

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/17/2017

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

 

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

3/17/2017

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2584        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3294

By Mr. Kulik of Worthington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3294) of Stephen Kulik and others relative to creditable service for certain public employees.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to vacation time for employees of the Commonwealth who are veterans.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

If a member in service of a retirement system, who is an employee of the commonwealth, purchases creditable service time pursuant to this section, the retirement board shall send notification to the appropriate human resources or personnel administrator for the agency, department, authority, commission, bureau, division or office of the commonwealth that the employee serves indicating the amount of creditable service time the employee purchased pursuant to this section. The member in service shall then receive credit for such service time for the purpose of determining the rate at which he or she earns vacation time as an employee of the commonwealth.