SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1512        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1534

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cindy F. Friedman

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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 Option (d) beneficiaries.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

 

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/24/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/30/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/30/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/1/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/6/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1512        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1534

By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1534) of Cindy F. Friedman, Michael D. Brady, Anne M. Gobi, Paul R. Feeney and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to Option (d) beneficiaries.  Public Service.

 

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 Option (d) beneficiaries.

 

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. Section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph, in lines 154 to 160, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

Option (d), Member Survivor Allowance. At any time a member, upon his written notice on a prescribed form filed with the board prior to his death, may nominate one or more eligible beneficiaries as set forth under option (c) of this section, who if such member dies before being retired shall receive a portion, as specified on said form, of the yearly amount of the option (c) allowance to which such member would have been entitled had his retirement taken place on the date of his death; provided that, in the event that multiple beneficiaries are nominated, the benefit will be calculated using the youngest beneficiary’s age at the time of the member’s death; provided further, that upon the death of a beneficiary, all payments to surviving beneficiaries shall remain unchanged.