Amendment #9 to H3400

Minimum 10 Years in Each Group for Pension Calculation

[Sponsors] Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, and deMacedo of Plymouth move to amend the bill by inserting after section XX, the following section:

“SECTION XX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if a member is originally classified as Group 1, as enumerated in paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, that member must spend no less than 10 years in Groups 2, 3 or 4 to receive the benefits for the purposes of retirement, including superannuation retirement, allotted to this group.”.