SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1690 FILED ON: 1/6/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1021
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Scott P.
Brown
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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 the definition of a veteran for public retiree
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Scott P.
Brown
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Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
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Robert L.
Hedlund
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Plymouth and Norfolk
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Michael R
. Knapik
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Second Hampden and Hampshire
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Bruce E
. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Richard R
. Tisei
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Middlesex and Essex
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Todd
M. Smola
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1st Hampden
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Richard J. Ross
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9th Norfolk
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James R. Miceli
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19th Middlesex
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Joyce A. Spiliotis
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12th Essex
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Christine E. Canavan
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10th Plymouth
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Mark V. Falzone
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9th Essex
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Gale D. Candaras
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First Hampden and Hampshire
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Harold P. Naughton, Jr.
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12th
Worcester
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01465 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 the definition of a veteran for public
retirees.
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. Paragraph (b) o
f subdivision (2) of section 5
of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended b
y inserting at the end thereof the following new sentences:-
“Upon acceptance of this provision by a retirement system, any member who is a veteran, as defined by clause forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 116
of the acts of 2004, and who retired under the provisions of sections 5, 10 (1) and 26 (3) of this chapter, before the effective date of said chapter 116, without receiving the additional yearly allowance as a veteran provided therein, shall receive such a
dditional yearly allowance as a veteran under paragraph (b) of subdivision (2) of section 5 or paragraph (c) of subdivision (3) of section 26 of this chapter, whichever is applicable. Acceptance of this provision by a retirement system shall be by a majo
rity vote of the board of each such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purposes herein, “legislative body” shall mean, in the case of a city, the city council in accordance with its charter, in the case of a town, the town mee
ting, in the case of a county, the county retirement board advisory council, in the case of a
region, the regional retirement board advisory council, in the case of a district, the district members, and, in the case of an authority, the governing body. Acc
eptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certification of such votes with the commission. For purposes herein, the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement systems shall be deemed to have accepted this provision.”
