AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE WEBSTER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BUY-BACK ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT SERVICE TIME
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the Webster retirement board shall credit Chris W. Jolda, a member of the Webster retirement system, with creditable service for the period of January 1, 1977 to July 1, 2012, inclusive, for employment with the town of Webster rescue service, for the purpose of determining retirement benefits pursuant to section 5 or section 10 of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, however, that before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective, Chris W. Jolda shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the Webster retirement system in 1 sum or in installments, upon such terms and conditions as the Webster retirement board may prescribe, an amount equal to the retirement contributions such member would have otherwise paid into the Webster retirement system from his regular compensation for such previous service, plus buyback interest.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the Webster retirement board shall credit Kevin P. Adams, a member of the Webster retirement system, with creditable service for the period of April 1, 1990 to July 1, 2012, inclusive, for employment with the town of Webster rescue service, for the purpose of determining retirement benefits pursuant to section 5 or section 10 of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, however, that before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective, Kevin P. Adams shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the Webster retirement system in 1 sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the Webster retirement board may prescribe, an amount equal to the retirement contributions such member would have otherwise paid into the Webster retirement system from his regular compensation for such previous service, plus buyback interest.
SECTION 3. Chris W. Jolda and Kevin P. Adams shall have a period of 5 years from the passage of this act in order to exercise the buy-back options authorized in section 1 and section 2.
Approved, August 30, 2022.