SENATE DOCKET, NO. 101        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1684

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anne M. Gobi

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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 retirement buy back into the Massachusetts State Retirement system for Sherrie Stevens.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 101        FILED ON: 1/10/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1684

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1724 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 retirement buy back into the Massachusetts State Retirement system for Sherrie Stevens.

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, to determine Sherrie Stevens’s retirement allowance pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws, the state retirement board shall credit Sherrie Stevens, an employee of the Westborough Public Schools district, with credible service for service she rendered to the Devereux School in Rutland during the period from April, 1986 through September, 2000.

SECTION 2. Eligibility for this creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment by Sherrie Stevens to the state retirement board, in a single sum or installments, of an amount equal to the contributions she would have paid to the state retirement board if she had been an active member during the time period specified in section 1, at the contribution rate when she joined the system plus actuarial assumed interest.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.