By Mr. Walsh of Boston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2822) of Martin J. Walsh and Michael F. Rush relative to the amounts of retirement contributions of employees to the retirement systems.  Public Service.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Martin J. Walsh

Michael F. Rush

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to retirement contributions.

    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 any provisions of Chapter 32 of the General Laws to the contrary, no member of the state employees’ retirement system, the teachers’ retirement systems and all county, city and town contributory systems classified in Groups 1, 2 and 4 shall be required to make a retirement contribution totaling more than 9 per cent of their annual salary.