Bill Text: MA S1223 | 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 [S1223 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1223-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Walsh, Marian (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:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Walsh, Marian (SEN) |
Suffolk and Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01682 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. Subdivision 1 of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (s) the following paragraph: -
(t) Any member of a contributory retirement system shall, while on leave of absence for the purpose of providing home child care, be considered on leave of absence without pay for the period in which he or she is providing such care; provided, however, that such leave of absence shall not exceed thirty-six months; and, provided further, that the period of time of such leave of absence shall be deemed creditable service for retirement purposes upon said member's depositing into the retirement fund of the system of which he or she is a member the total amount of the payments said member would have paid into the system had he remained in the service during said leave of absence, in one lump sum, or in installments, upon such terms as the board of retirement may prescribe. The provisions of this paragraph shall be effective for the members of the state employees' retirement system and of the teachers' retirement system and for the members of a county retirement system by vote of the county retirement board, subject to the approval of the county retirement board advisory council, of a town retirement system by vote of the town retirement board, subject to approval of the town meeting, of a city retirement system by vote of the city retirement board subject to the approval of the council, and of a district retirement system by vote of the district retirement board, subject to the approval of the district meeting.
