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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel J. Hunt

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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 pension parity.

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PETITION OF:

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 3137 OF 2021-2022.]

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 pension parity.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to ensure all employees of the Commonwealth are given the proper pension in which they earned, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace.
 

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. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of chapter 32 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2018 official edition, is hereby amended in line 211 by adding after the word “law,” the following: “arises for a member otherwise subject to this paragraph where the member has a final separate period of creditable service of thirty-six consecutive months or sixty consecutive months, and which period was last immediately preceded by a period of creditable service that concluded more than twenty years prior to the start of the final period of creditable service,”.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.