Amendment ID: S2454-3-R1

Redraft Amendment 3

Creditable service for commissioner officers who served in the US Public Health Services and NOAA

Messrs. Tarr and Cyr, Ms. Gobi and Mr. Brady move to amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

“SECTION 2A. Subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (r) the following paragraph:-

(r½) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a member in service who: (i) served in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps; (ii) has completed not less than 4 years of membership service; and (iii) has retired or will retire on or after January 1, 1975 shall receive full credit for the period of such service; provided, however, that such a member shall receive credit for not more than 4 years of that service. Eligibility for the creditable service of members in service shall be conditioned upon payment into the annuity savings fund of the applicable retirement system, in 1 sum or in installments upon such terms as the applicable retirement board may provide, of an amount equal to the contributions that a member 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 the member's commissioned corps service.”.