Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-134

LOC 134

Municipal Retiree Protection

Ms. Friedman, Messrs. Eldridge, Crighton, Cyr, Hinds, Welch, Timilty and Rodrigues, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Pacheco, O'Connor, Collins, Tran, Feeney and Rush, Ms. Gobi and Mr. DiDomenico moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 3, by adding the following sections:-

“SECTION XX. Section 9E of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence:- In the event that the governmental unit approves an increase in the percent of the premium to be contributed by its retired employees, the percent of premium being paid by a retired employee at that time will not be increased to the higher percent.

SECTION XX.  The provisions in section [insert section number above] of this act shall take effect on January 1, 2018.”