Legal Unit 

ERI

• Muncipal Relief Act (2010) (PDF)
  

• Section 66 of Chapter 188 of the Acts of 2010 (PDF)

General

• General Overview (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• Membership in the Retirement System (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• Beneficiaries (2010) (PDF)
  

• Public Employee Case Study: John Michael Emmett, Jr. / The Race to Eighty Per Cent (slide show) (2008) (PDF)
  
  
• Retirement for Public Employees in the Commonwealth (March, 2011) (PDF)

Board Members

• Fiduciary Responsibility of Retirement Board Members and Staff (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• Monthly Meetings and Records (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• Board Meeting Guidelines (2008) (PDF)

• A Budget Process Model (slide show) (2008) (PDF)
  
  
• Pension Legal Issues (PDF)

Conflict of Interest

• Practical Guide to the Conflict of Interest for Municipal Employees (PDF)

Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

• Contributory Retirement Appeal Board: Standing Order (2010) (PDF)

• Richard Shafer vs CRAB: Contact PERAC for a copy of this decision

Domestic Relations Orders

• What You Need to Know as a Party to a Domestic Relations Order (2008) (PDF)

Pension-Related Changes

• Overview of Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2009 & the Proposed Regulations (2009) (PDF)
  
  
• Pension-Related Changes: Massachusett General Laws and Federal Statutes (2008) (PDF)
  
  
• Pension-Related Changes: MA & Federal Law Since January 1, 2002 (2008) (PDF)
  
  
• Pension-Related Changes/Massachusetts General Laws & Federal Statutes: Part I (Fall 2004) (PDF)
  

• Pension-Related Changes/Massachusetts General Laws & Federal Statutes: Part II (Fall 2004) (PDF)
  
  
• Pension-Related Changes/Massachusetts General Laws & Federal Statutes: Part III (Fall 2004) (PDF)
  
  
• Changes/Additions in Chapter 32 Since January 1, 2002 (Fall 2004) (PDF)

Post-Retirement Employment

• G.L. c. 32, § 91 Post-Retirement Employment in the Public Sector (2010) (PDF)

Public Records & Personal Information

• Public Records and Security of Personal Information (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• How to Identify, Maintain and Safeguard Personal Information (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• Massachusetts Public Records Law (PDF) (2002)

• Records Disposal Schedule (PDF)
  
  
• Technology, Confidentiality, and Public Records (PDF)

Regular Compensation

• Chapter 11 of the Acts of 2009 and Regular Compensation (2010) (PDF)
  
  
• What is Regular Compensation? What is the Impact of the Amendments to 840 CMR 15.03? (Spring 2006) (PDF)

• Regular Compensation Status of Certain Motor Vehicle Use (Spring 2006) (PDF)
  
  
• Chapter 157 of the Acts of 2005 and Chapter 143 of the Acts of 2005 (Spring 2006) (PDF)

Section 15

• Section 15 Forfeiture Mock Hearing (2008) (PDF)

Tax Issues Qualification Letter

• Tax Issues Qualification Letter (slide show) (2008) (PDF)