Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-813-R1

Redraft OTH 813

Pension Calculations for Certain Retirees

Messrs. Brady and Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 3, by inserting after section __ the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the retirement allowance of any member who retired pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws prior to July 1, 2022, which included in the calculation of such allowance supplemental payments of any kind upon which retirement contributions were made, which supplemental payments were received while the member was simultaneously receiving workers’ compensation payments pursuant to the provisions of chapter 152 of the General Laws, shall not be reduced, modified, or changed as a result of the inclusion of such supplemental payments. Such prohibition shall also apply to retirement allowances paid to surviving spouses and beneficiaries of such members''.