HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 52        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 52

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 the pro rating of creditable service.

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

Subparagraph (a) of sub-section (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

A member who entered service on or before April, 2, 2012 and seeks Group 2 or Group 4 classification and is no longer a public employee at the time of the member's retirement shall be classified based on the position from which the member was last employed; provided that said member who entered service on or before April 2, 2102 and who is no longer a public employee at the time of the member’s retirement and who has served in more than 1 group may elect to receive a retirement allowance consisting of pro-rated benefits based upon the percentage of total years of service that the member rendered in each group.