Bill Text: MA H2483 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Minimum pensions for retirees of city, town, county, region, district or authority retirement systems
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-22 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H2483 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2483-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jay R. Kaufman
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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 minimum pension for retirees.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Jay R. Kaufman |
15th Middlesex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Rosemary Sandlin |
3rd Hampden |
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John P. Fresolo |
16th Worcester |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Joyce A. Spiliotis |
12th Essex |
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James R. Miceli |
19th Middlesex |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Pam Richardson |
6th Middlesex |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Linda Dean Campbell |
15th Essex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2604 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 minimum pension for 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: Section 90C1/2 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is amended by striking out the word “$10,000” and inserting in place thereof the following word:— $15,000.
SECTION 2: Chapter 32 of the General Laws is amended by inserting the following new section:—
Section 90D 1/2. Any retirement system of a city, town, county, region, district, or authority may, upon the majority vote of the board of such system and by the local legislative body, increase the retirement allowance of any member of the retirement system, who has been retired under the provisions of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on a superannuation, accidental disability or ordinary disability retirement allowance and who has completed at least 25 years of creditable service, to an amount not to exceed $15,000. For the purposes of this section, local legislative body shall mean the city council subject to the provisions of its charter for a city system, a town meeting for a town system, the county retirement advisory council for a county system, the regional retirement advisory council of a regional system, the district members for a district system, and the governing body of an authority for an authority system.
