HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 339        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2196

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tackey Chan

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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:

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

1/7/2019

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

1/28/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/30/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/30/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/30/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/30/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/31/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 339        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2196

By Mr. Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2196) of Tackey Chan and others relative to retirement options for public employees.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1354 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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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 retired before July 1, 2004 and is receiving a lesser retirement allowance in accordance with the terms of Options (b) or (c) of subdivision (2) of section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, from a retirement system that accepts the provisions of this act, shall have his retirement allowance, exclusive of any cost of living adjustments, increased by: 4 percent for Option (b) allowances and 12 percent for Option (c) allowances. Any retirement system may accept the provisions of this act by a majority vote of the board of each such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purposes of this act, “legislative body” shall mean, in the case of a city, the city council in accordance with its charter, in the case of a town, the town meeting, in the case of a county, the county retirement board advisory council, in the case of a region, the regional retirement board advisory council, in the case of a district, the district members, and, in the case of an authority, the governing body.  For purposes of this act, the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement systems shall be deemed to have accepted the provisions of this act.

SECTION 2.  The provisions of this act shall be prospective from the effective date of this act and shall not entitle any member or spouse of a deceased member to any retroactive benefits.