Massachusetts CHAPTER 32. — RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS.
- Chapter 32 — Section 1. Definitions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 2. Description of systems.
- Chapter 32 — Section 3. Membership.
- Chapter 32 — Section 3A. Ineligible employees; deferred compensation program.
- Chapter 32 — Section 4. Creditable service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 5. Superannuation retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 5A. Wellness program.
- Chapter 32 — Section 5B. Early intervention plans; rehabilitation plans.
- Chapter 32 — Section 6. Ordinary disability retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 7. Accidental disability retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 8. Evaluation and reexamination of members retired for disability.
- Chapter 32 — Section 9. Accidental death benefit.
- Chapter 32 — Section 10. Resignation, failure of re-election or reappointment, removal or discharge.
- Chapter 32 — Section 11. Return of accumulated total deductions and amounts due beneficiaries of deceased members.
- Chapter 32 — Section 12. Options on retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 12A. Payment of allowances to certain beneficiaries pending determination of accidental death benefits.
- Chapter 32 — Section 12B. Spouse and children; survivor benefits.
- Chapter 32 — Section 12C. Widow and children survivor benefits; manner of payment; contributions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 13. Payment of allowances.
- Chapter 32 — Section 14. Effect of workers' compensation benefits.
- Chapter 32 — Section 14A. Third party recovery.
- Chapter 32 — Section 15. Dereliction of duty by members.
- Chapter 32 — Section 16. Involuntary retirement; right to a hearing; right of review or appeal.
- Chapter 32 — Section 17. Action on behalf of incompetent members.
- Chapter 32 — Section 18. Filing of statements and reports; protection against fraud.
- Chapter 32 — Section 19. Exemption from taxation, attachments and assignments; exception.
- Chapter 32 — Section 19A. Assignment of retirement allowances for certain subscriber premiums or for payment of income taxes.
- Chapter 32 — Section 19B. Withholding for payment of insurance premiums; certification of eligible members; death; payment of benefits.
- Chapter 32 — Section 19C. Annuity, retirement allowance, etc. subject to child support obligations; payments to IV-D agency.
- Chapter 32 — Section 20. Administration by boards.
- Chapter 32 — Section 20A. Civil action against board member; expenses and damages; indemnification.
- Chapter 32 — Section 20B. Indemnification.
- Chapter 32 — Section 21. Supervision by public employee retirement administration commission.
- Chapter 32 — Section 22. Methods of financing.
- Chapter 32 — Section 22A. Repealed, 1983, 661, Sec. 16A.
- Chapter 32 — Section 22B. Reduction of unfunded pension liability.
- Chapter 32 — Section 22C. Commonwealth's pension liability fund; funding schedules; appropriations.
- Chapter 32 — Section 22D. Retirement system funding schedule; establishment; annual pension funding grants.
- Chapter 32 — Section 23. Management of funds.
- Chapter 32 — Section 23A. Repealed, 1996, 315, Sec. 13.
- Chapter 32 — Section 24. Violations of contributory retirement laws.
- Chapter 32 — Section 25. Guarantees; effects of amendments or repeal; mandamus.
- Chapter 32 — Section 26. Retirement of officers in department of state police.
- Chapter 32 — Section 27. Disposition of funds as of January 1, 1946.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28. Acceptance of act.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28A. Retirement of certain officers in department of state police.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28B. Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28C. Repealed, 1948, 589, Sec. 1.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28D. Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 1.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28E. Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 2.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28F. Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 98.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28G. Repealed, 1950, 813, Sec. 2.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28H. Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 3.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28I. State employees serving on interstate commission; continuance as members of retirement system.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28J. Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 4.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28K. Commonwealth employees; leave of absence as representative of employee organization; creditable service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28L. Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35A.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28M. Department of correction employees; retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 28N. Correction or jail officers employed by county sheriffs' offices; retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 29 to 38A. Repealed.
- Chapter 32 — Section 39. Association for providing pensions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 40. By-laws and statements.
- Chapter 32 — Section 41. Exemption from taxation; exception.
- Chapter 32 — Section 42. Municipalities in which authorized; pension fund.
- Chapter 32 — Section 43. Power of retirement board; persons qualified; amount of pensions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 44. Authorization; amount of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 44A. Retirement of janitors not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 44B. School janitors; options; widows; approval.
- Chapter 32 — Section 44C. Dental assistants, retirement by cities or towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 45. Boston, inapplicability of section 44.
- Chapter 32 — Section 45A. Amount of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 45B. School janitors and school custodians in certain cities and towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 45C. Amount of pensions; limitation; effective date.
- Chapter 32 — Section 46. Officers and employees of correctional institutions; prerequisites to retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 47. Computation of time of service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 48. Amount of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 49--51. Repealed, 1954, 627, Sec. 9.
- Chapter 32 — Section 52. Veterans in municipal service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 53. Veterans employed jointly by two towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 54. Acceptance of two preceding sections.
- Chapter 32 — Section 55. Acceptance subject to mayor's veto.
- Chapter 32 — Section 56. Retirement if incapacitated.
- Chapter 32 — Section 57. Retirement after ten years' service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 57A. Certain provisions of sections 6, 8 and 16 applicable to certain veterans.
- Chapter 32 — Section 57B. Police or fire department members; creditable service; effective date of section.
- Chapter 32 — Section 58. Retirement after thirty years' service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 58A. Wartime service in armed forces as creditable service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 58B. Election of option for benefit of surviving spouse or other beneficiary of veteran.
- Chapter 32 — Section 58C. Retirement allowances of policemen and firemen.
- Chapter 32 — Section 58D. Retirement allowances of employees other than policemen and firemen.
- Chapter 32 — Section 59. "Retiring authority" defined.
- Chapter 32 — Section 59A. Part of service in governmental unit other than retiring unit; reimbursement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 60. Acceptance of sections 56 to 59; minimum period of creditable service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 60A. Repealed, 1954, 627, Sec. 15.
- Chapter 32 — Section 61--65. Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 2.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65A. Retirement or resignation of justices or judges.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65B. Pensions for special justices of district courts.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65C. Surviving spouses of judges.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65D. Retirement or resignation of judges appointed on or after Jan. 2, 1975.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65D½. Inactive members; appointment; election to become member.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65E. Retired justices of supreme judicial court; benefits; temporary service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65F. Retired justices of appeals court; benefits; temporary service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65G. Justices of trial court; benefits; temporary service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65H. Early retirement allowance for judges.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65I. Disability retirement for judges.
- Chapter 32 — Section 65J. Retiring judges; payments for unused vacation allowance and sick leave credit.
- Chapter 32 — Section 66. Pensions for court officers.
- Chapter 32 — Section 67. Pensions and expenses, payment.
- Chapter 32 — Section 68. Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35B.
- Chapter 32 — Section 68A to 68C. Repealed, 1945, 658, Sec. 1.
- Chapter 32 — Section 69. Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35B.
- Chapter 32 — Section 70. Repealed, 1939, 441, Sec. 4.
- Chapter 32 — Section 71. Annuities to dependents.
- Chapter 32 — Section 72. Appropriations for pensions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 73. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 148.
- Chapter 32 — Section 74. Scrubwomen in state house.
- Chapter 32 — Section 75. Pensions for probation officers.
- Chapter 32 — Section 76. Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment.
- Chapter 32 — Section 76A. Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment.
- Chapter 32 — Section 77. Pensions for laborers; qualifications; acceptance of provisions by cities and towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 77A. Superannuation retirement; options for payment of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 77B. Amount of pensions; effective date.
- Chapter 32 — Section 77C. Persons promoted to supervisory positions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 77D. Retirement of laborers not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 78. Laborers in fire, water and sewerage districts or employed by joint water boards.
- Chapter 32 — Section 78A. Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of service.
- Chapter 32 — Section 79. Existing pensions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 80. Firemen; applicability of law.
- Chapter 32 — Section 81. Amount of pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 81A. Alternative provisions for retirement of firemen.
- Chapter 32 — Section 81B. Amount of pensions under section 81A.
- Chapter 32 — Section 82. Pensions for call members.
- Chapter 32 — Section 83. Pensions for police in cities.
- Chapter 32 — Section 83A. Alternative provisions for retirement of police in cities.
- Chapter 32 — Section 84. Retirement of injured police officers in cities and towns having no pension systems.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85. Pensions for policemen and firemen in towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85A. Retirement of members of fire and police department in certain towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85B. Retirement of park board police of cities and towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85C. Policemen and firemen excepted from law.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85D. Retirement of call members in certain towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85E. Alternative retirement provisions for policemen and firemen in towns.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85F. Examination by medical panel prerequisite to disability retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85G. Service credit on retirement of former reserve officers.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85H. Disability retirement of call or volunteer fire fighters and reserve police officers.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85H½. Disability retirement compensation in cities, towns or fire districts with no permanent police or fire department members.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85I. Creditable service in retirement of certain members.
- Chapter 32 — Section 85J. Pensions for policemen and fire fighters or their widows; optional provisions.
- Chapter 32 — Section 86. Repealed, 1950, 395.
- Chapter 32 — Section 87. Repealed, 1930, 182, Sec. 5.
- Chapter 32 — Section 87A. Repealed, 1928, 402, Sec. 4.
- Chapter 32 — Section 88. Pensions for dependents of persons killed while aiding police officers or firefighters.
- Chapter 32 — Section 89. Annuities to dependents of policemen, firemen, etc., killed in performance of duty.
- Chapter 32 — Section 89A. Annuities to dependents of public employees killed or dying from injuries in performance of duties.
- Chapter 32 — Section 89B. Annuities to dependents of police officers or fire fighters killed in performance of duty.
- Chapter 32 — Section 89C. Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty.
- Chapter 32 — Section 89D. Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90. Aged police officers not subject to certain laws.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90A. Increasing allowance of former employees retired for accidental disability.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90B. Waiver of pension or retirement allowance.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90C. Increasing allowance of former employees retired on superannuation.
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- Chapter 32 — Section 90C¾. Increasing allowance of former state police officers retired after at least twenty years of service.
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- Chapter 32 — Section 90E. Increasing allowance of former employees whose classification has been abolished.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90F to 90G½. Repealed.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90G¾. Employees age seventy or over; continuation of retirement benefits; retirement system board and local legislative body approval.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90H, 90I. Repealed.
- Chapter 32 — Section 90J. Employees age seventy or over; payment of annual physical and mental examination costs; retirement system board and local legislative body approval.
- Chapter 32 — Section 91. Payment of pensioners for services after retirement.
- Chapter 32 — Section 91A. Adjusted pension or retirement allowances.
- Chapter 32 — Section 91B. Enforcement of section 91A; wage reporting system and computer match file.
- Chapter 32 — Section 91C. Access to criminal records offender information; comparison with retirement allowances list.
- Chapter 32 — Section 92. Pension, annuity or retirement allowance; pledge, conveyance or assignment; support of pensioners becoming becoming public charge.
- Chapter 32 — Section 92A. Support of dependents; pensioners residing outside the United States.
- Chapter 32 — Section 93. Certain pensions not affected.
- Chapter 32 — Section 94. Impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease, resulting in disability or death of paid fire or police department member; presumption.
- Chapter 32 — Section 94A. Disability or death caused by disease of lungs or respiratory tract; paid fire department member; presumption.
- Chapter 32 — Section 94B. Disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer; paid fire member; presumption.
- Chapter 32 — Section 95. Granting annuities to certain officials or employees not entitled to retirement allowances or pension.
- Chapter 32 — Section 95A. Annuities to widows and children of retired employees.
- Chapter 32 — Section 95B. Annuities to widows and children of retired employees.
- Chapter 32 — Section 96. Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; amount.
- Chapter 32 — Section 97. Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; approval.
- Chapter 32 — Section 98. Advance payments, period of processing application.
- Chapter 32 — Section 99. Advance payments.
- Chapter 32 — Section 100. Pensions to surviving spouses of firefighters, police officers or corrections officers killed in performance of duties.
- Chapter 32 — Section 100A. Killed-in-the-line-of-duty benefits.
- Chapter 32 — Section 101. Allowance to widows of disabled public employees.
- Chapter 32 — Section 102. Cost-of-living; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments; adjustments in amounts of pensions and annuities.
- Chapter 32 — Section 103. Systems other than state employees' retirement system and teachers' retirement system; cost-of living; funding schedule; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments.