HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 10        FILED ON: 10/21/2022

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So much of the recommendations of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (House, No. 8) as relates to the recovery of overearnings. Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to the recovery of overearnings.

 

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

Paragraph (c) of Section 91 of chapter 32 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official edition, is hereby amended in line 120 by adding:

In the event that any excess is not recovered by the appropriate treasurer or other person responsible for the payment of the compensation, the retirement board of which the member is a retiree may recover an amount equal to the overearnings, but in no event shall such amount exceed the amount of the retirement allowance paid in the year in which the overearnings occurred.