By Miss Garry of Dracut, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2545) of Colleen M. Garry relative to creditable service for vocational school committee members.  Public Service.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Colleen M. Garry

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to creditable service for Vocational School Committee members.

    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.           Chapter 32: Section 4 of General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section (o1/2) the following section: -

(o3/4) Any member, eligible to receive a retirement benefit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, who served as a vocational school committee member for a city or town, in which position he received no compensation, may establish credit for such service by depositing in the annuity savings fund of the system of which he is a member a sum equal to the amount which would have been paid into such fund during such period if such position had been compensated at the rate of $2,500 per year, plus regular interest to the date of payment. This paragraph shall apply only to persons who served as vocational school committee members for a city or town that accepts this paragraph, in a town by vote of the annual town meeting and in a city by vote of the city council subject to the provisions of its charter.