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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to prompt retiree payments.
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PETITION OF:
NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Sean Garballey 23rd Middlesex 2/10/2021
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2260 OF 2019-2020.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to prompt retiree payments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2017 Official Edition is hereby
2 amended by adding the following:
3 Section 106. Prompt partial retirement payments to retirees
4 Section 106. The Massachusetts State Retirement Board shall produce a report for the
5 Joint Committee on Public Service on establishing a process to establish prompt partial
6 retirement payments to recent retirees. The report shall explore ways to reduce the amount of
7 time between a person’s retirement and date of first payment by utilizing estimated partial
8 payments.
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