Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission
Five Middlesex Avenue, Suite 304, Somerville, MA 02145
Ph 617 666 4446 | Fax 617 628 4002 | TTY 617 591 8917 | www.mass.gov/perac
Domenic J. F. Russo, Chairman | A. Joseph DeNucci, Vice Chairman
Mary Ann Bradley | Paul V. Doane | James M. Machado | Donald R. Marquis | Robert B. McCarthy
Joseph E. Connarton, Executive Director
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: All Retirement Boards
FROM: Joseph E. Connarton, Executive Director
RE: Proposed Internal Revenue Code Compliance Provisions
DATE: August 11, 2009
A draft of proposed regulations intended to bring the Massachusetts Retirement Systems into compliance with relevant Internal Revenue Code requirements (840 CMR 3.00) has been posted on the PERAC web site, along with the Internal Revenue Service Voluntary Correction Program Compliance Statement. If you are unable to access the postings and print them, please contact Susan F. Childs, (617) 666-4446 Extension 907 to request a hard copy.
Hearings on these regulations will be conducted at the times and places set forth below. Public comments will be accepted through September 11, 2009. In addition to the hearings, the PERAC Legal Unit will briefly discuss the proposals during the Emerging Issues Forum on September 9, 2009 at Holy Cross. Directions to the hearing sites can be obtained at:
http://www.mass.gov/perac/training/directions.htm.
Hearings are scheduled for:
September 10, 2009 at 1:00 to 3:00 New Bedford Main Public Library
613 Pleasant Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
September 11, 2009 at 10:00 – 12:00 PERAC
Training Room
5 Middlesex Avenue – 3rd Floor
Somerville, MA 02145