Amendment ID: S2177-8
Amendment 8
Public Service of Enlisted and Commissioned Veterans
Messrs. Tarr and O'Connor move to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-
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“SECTION 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 of said chapter 32, as
appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph :Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a member retired prior to July 24, 1996, in a retirement system as defined in section one who is a veteran , as defined Chapter 4 section 7, who served in the armed forces of the United States shall be entitled to credit for active service in the armed services of the United States; provided that such creditable service shall not be construed to include service for more than four years provided further, that such creditable service shall not be allowed for any period of active service for which said veteran has received credit pursuant to paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws and provided further, that the amount does not exceed the eighty percent allowed to retire. This act shall apply to Massachusetts National Guard and Active Reserve personnel, both former and present. Creditable service time, both enlisted and commissioned may be applied toward retirement on a ratio of five years guard service or five years active reserve service substitutable for each year of active service.
SECTION 2. For the retirement system of any political subdivision, the provisions
of this act shall take effect on the effective date of this act by majority vote of the board of such system and by the local legislative body. For the purposes of this paragraph local
Legislative body shall mean a town meeting for a town system, the city council subject to the provisions of its charter for a city system, the county commissioners for a county system, the district members for a district system and the governing body of an authority for an authority system. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certification of 160 Chap. 71 such vote with the commissioner. Members retired prior to July 24, 1996 of a retirement system eligible for said creditable service under this act shall become eligible for said creditable service the month following the acceptance of this act by the local legislative body. Terms used in this act shall have the same meaning as those terms defined in section one of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws.”
And further moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section:-
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“SECTION 1. Subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (r), the following subsection:-
(r ½) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a member in service of a retirement system as defined in section 1 who served in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and who has completed 4 or more years of membership service, and who retires on or after January 1st 1975 shall receive full credit for the period of such commissioned corps service. Eligibility for the creditable service of members in service of a retirement system shall be conditioned upon payment, in 1 sum or in installments upon such terms as the applicable retirement board may provide, into the annuity savings fund of the applicable retirement system, of an amount equal to the contributions such member in service would have otherwise paid into the retirement system plus buyback interest thereon for the period of commissioned corps service based upon the annual salary the member received in the first year of membership service after his or her commissioned corps service.”