Bill Text: MA S1208 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: For legislation relative to creditable service

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/1 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [S1208 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1208-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tolman, Steven (SEN)

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to creditable service.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Tolman, Steven (SEN)

Second Suffolk and Middlesex


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01665 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to creditable service.



                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. Section 4 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended in subdivision (2) paragraph (b) by inserting the following sentence at the end thereof:

Any permanent-intermittent or call firefighter who is appointed as a permanent member of a fire department in a city or town other than the city or town in which he performed duty as a permanent-intermittent or call firefighter shall be entitled to credit for such service; provided that such service shall not be credited until such member has paid into the annuity saving fund of each system, in one sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe, makeup payments, for each year of creditable service sought of an amount equal to ten percent of the regular annual compensation for service as a permanent-intermittent or call firefighter.      

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