SENATE DOCKET, NO. 755        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1467

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 commissioned corps service credit.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

2/2/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/6/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 755        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1467

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1467) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael F. Rush and Jack Lewis for legislation relative to commissioned corps service credit.  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 commissioned corps service credit.

 

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

Subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (r), the following clause:-

(r ½) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a member in service, as defined in section 3, who served in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who has completed 4 or more years of membership service, as defined in section 1, shall receive full credit for the period of such Commissioned Corps service for purposes of retirement; provided, however, that they retire on or after January 1, 1975. Eligibility for the creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment, in 1 sum or in installments upon such terms as the applicable retirement board may provide, into the annuity savings fund of the applicable retirement system, of an amount equal to the contributions such member in service would have otherwise paid into the retirement system plus buyback interest thereon, for the period of Commissioned Corps service based upon the annual salary the member received in the first year of membership service after his or her Commissioned Corps service.