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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2949         FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2437

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Linda Dorcena Forry

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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:

An Act defining regular interest for retirement systems.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Linda Dorcena Forry

12th Suffolk

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2949        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2437

By Ms. Forry of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2437) of Linda Dorcena Forry and Frank I. Smizik relative to defining regular interest for retirement systems.  Public Service. 

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
                                HOUSE
                            , NO. 2362 OF 2009-2010.]


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

 

An Act defining regular interest for retirement systems.
 

              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) of sub-section (6) of section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence:--

              For any calendar year beginning subsequent to December thirty-first, two thousand and four, “regular interest” for members of any retirement system shall mean interest credited at a rate of one-half the actuarial assumed rate of investment return for the member’s system. The rate shall be taken to the nearest tenth of one percent.

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