SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1337        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1524

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul R. Feeney

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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 to authorize a local option for group retirement classification.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/11/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/14/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1337        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1524

By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1524) of Paul R. Feeney, James B. Eldridge, Michael O. Moore, James K. Hawkins and others for legislation to authorize a local option for group retirement classification.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1427 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 to authorize a local option for group retirement classification.

 

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

Paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after line 326 the following new paragraph:-

Any municipality or public authority may elect to improve the retirement group classification for any group of employees of the municipality or the public authority upon its acceptance in the following manner: in a city having a Plan D or a Plan E charter by majority vote of its city council and approved by the manager; in any other city by majority vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; in a town by vote of the board of selectmen; in a public authority by majority vote of the authority governing board. Nothing in this act shall be construed as authorization to diminish the retirement benefits of public employees by placing any group of employees in a lower group of classification.