HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1594        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2483

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Rob Consalvo

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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 teacher retirement election.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Rob Consalvo

14th Suffolk

1/18/2023

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

1/24/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/27/2023

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/27/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

2/8/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/8/2023

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

2/8/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/8/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

2/8/2023

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

2/8/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

2/8/2023

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/13/2023

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/13/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/16/2023

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

2/16/2023

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

2/28/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/28/2023

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

3/13/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

3/13/2023

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

3/13/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

3/13/2023

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

3/13/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

3/13/2023

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol

3/15/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

3/15/2023

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

8th Essex

3/15/2023

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

3/15/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

4/4/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

4/4/2023

Adam Scanlon

14th Bristol

4/4/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

4/4/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

4/4/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

4/4/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

4/4/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

4/4/2023

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

4/11/2023

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

6/21/2023

Dawne Shand

1st Essex

6/21/2023

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

6/29/2023

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

6/29/2023

William F. MacGregor

10th Suffolk

7/12/2023

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Hampden

7/12/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

9/11/2023

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

11/27/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

11/27/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

11/27/2023

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

11/27/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

11/27/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

11/27/2023

Sally P. Kerans

13th Essex

1/5/2024

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

1/5/2024

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

1/25/2024

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

1/25/2024

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/25/2024

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/25/2024

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

1/25/2024


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1594        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2483

By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2483) of Rob Consalvo and others relative to teacher retirement election.  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 teacher retirement election.

 

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

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any member of the teachers' retirement system or any teacher who is a member of the Boston retirement system, who (i) became eligible for membership before July 1, 2001, (ii) began contributing to either the teachers’ retirement system or the Boston retirement system on or before July 1, 2001 (iii) did not provide a written election to such retirement system to participate in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program established in paragraph (i) of subdivision (4) of Section 5 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, shall have a new 1-time opportunity to elect to participate in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program.

(b) A qualifying member shall make the election provided under subsection (a) on or after July 1, 2023, but not later than December 31, 2023; provided, however, that a member entitled to make an election under this section who applies for retirement prior to the foregoing election period shall be given a 1-time opportunity to participate in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program prior to retirement. 

(c) A member who participates in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program under this section shall make contributions at the rate of 11 percent pursuant to section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws and may be required to provide make-up contributions at the rate of 11 percent, upon such terms and conditions as the relevant retirement system may require, from the date that such member established membership in the teachers’ retirement system or the Boston retirement system.