By Mr. Costello of Newburyport, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2441) of Michael A. Costello and Stephen Stat Smith that the State Board of Retirement be directed to grant certain credit to Michael McCarthy for services rendered to the International Trade Council.  Public Service.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Michael A. Costello

Stephen Stat Smith

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to the state board of retirement and creditable service for Michael McCarthy .

    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. Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state board of retirement shall credit Michael McCarthy with service he rendered from August 1995 to February 2000 while serving as a Trade Services Coordinator for the Massachusetts International Trade Council for the purpose of determining a retirement allowance pursuant to said chapter 32. Eligibility for the creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment to the state board of retirement an amount equal to the contribution he would have otherwise paid to the state retirement system for said period of service together with buy-back interest thereon. Such repayment shall be made in one sum or in installments as the state board of retirement shall prescribe.