Bill Text: MA S1222 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to the cost of living adjustment for public retirees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/19 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [S1222 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1222-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
PRESENTED BY:
Walsh, Marian (SEN)
_______________
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 cost of living adjustment for public retirees.
_______________
PETITION OF:
|
Name: |
District/Address: |
|
Walsh, Marian (SEN) |
Suffolk and Norfolk |
|
Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
|
Jennifer L. Flanagan |
Worcester and Middlesex |
|
Robert M. Koczera |
11th Bristol |
|
Willie Mae Allen |
6th Suffolk |
|
Allen J. McCarthy |
7th Plymouth |
|
David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
|
James R. Miceli |
19th Middlesex |
|
Richard T. Moore |
Worcester and Norfolk |
|
Robert P. Spellane |
13th Worcester |
|
Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
|
Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
|
Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
|
Thomas P. Kennedy |
Second Plymouth and Bristol |
|
Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
|
Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
|
Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
|
Pam Richardson |
6th Middlesex |
|
Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
|
Brian A. Joyce |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
|
Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
|
Alice Hanlon Peisch |
14th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01679 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
_______________
In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
_______________
An Act relative to the cost of living adjustment 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:
Subdivision (1) of section 22C of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended by section 1 of chapter 377 of the acts of 2008, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the first sentence of the second paragraph thereof, the words “June 30, 2025” and inserting in place thereof the following words, June 30, 2028.
SECTION 2. Section 22D of said chapter 32, as appearing in the 2006 Official
Edition, is amended by inserting in line 29 after the word “approve” the following
words: - provided further, however, that in the event that a system has accepted
the provisions of paragraph (j) of Section 103, the funding schedule, and any
updates thereto, shall be designed to reduce the unfunded actuarial liability of
said system to zero as of such year, that may be subsequent to June 30, 2028,
as the commission shall approve.
SECTION 3. Paragraph (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as appearing in the
2006 Official Edition, is amended by striking out in lines 32, 36 and 43 the dollar
amount “$12,000” and inserting in place thereof the following dollar amount: -
$16,000.
SECTION 4. Section 103 of said chapter 32 is amended by inserting the following new paragraph: -
(j) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) to the contrary, the board of any system may, by accepting the provisions of this paragraph as hereinafter provided, elect to pay a cost-of-living adjustment on a base amount greater than $12,000. Acceptance of this paragraph shall be by a majority vote of the board of such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purpose of this paragraph, “legislative body” shall mean, the city council in accordance with its charter, in the
case of a town, the town meeting, in the case of a county or region, the county or regional retirement board advisory council, in the case of a district, the district members,
and, in the case of an authority, the governing body. Acceptance of this paragraph
shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of the certification of such vote
with the commission. A decision to accept the provisions of this paragraph may not be revoked.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6A) of Section 22 or
Section 22D to the contrary, for each system that has accepted the provisions of
this paragraph, the board, in consultation with the commission, shall prepare a
funding schedule which shall reflect the costs and the actuarial liabilities attributable
to the cost of living allowance that may be paid in accordance with the provisions
of this paragraph and said schedule shall be designed to reduce the applicable
retirement system’s pension liability to zero by such year, that may be subsequent
to June 30, 2028, as approved by the commission. The board shall file revised
funding schedules triennially with the joint committee on public service until such
costs and liabilities are reduced to zero.
SECTION 5. The provisions of sections one and three of this act shall take effect
for cost of living adjustments to be made, in accordance with the provisions of
section 102 of said chapter 32, commencing July 1, 2009.
