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2017 PERAC Memos

These memos serve as the official guidance for Massachusetts Retirement Systems.

All memos released in the calendar year are listed below, along with any corresponding attachments. Please contact us if you need assistance.

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January

#01: Updated Public Records Law (Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2016)  
#02: The Binding Effect of PERAC’s Memoranda on All Retirement Boards  
#03: Limits under Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2002  
#04: 2017 Limits under Section 23 of Chapter 131 of the Acts of 2010  
#05: COLA Notice  
#06: Mandatory Retirement Board Member Training – 1st Quarter 2017  
#07: Actuarial Data  
#08: Continuing Membership of “Non-Full-Time Employees”  
#09: Buyback and Make-up Repayment Worksheets  
#10: Domestic Relations Orders  
#11: 2017 Annuity Savings Account  
#12: 2017 Interest Rate set at 0.1%  
#13: Administrators are Encouraged to Attend PERAC Training  

February

#14: Compliance Training on PERAC’s New System, PROSPER  

March

#15: STS/LStar Event  
#16: Tobacco Company List  

April

#17: Mandatory Retirement Board Member Training – 2nd Quarter 2017  

June

#18: Tobacco Company List  
#19: PROSPER System Changes  
#20a: Application of New Public Records Law on Local, County and Regional Retirement Boards  

July

#21: Mandatory Retirement Board Member Training – 3rd Quarter 2017  
#22: PROSPER and the Legal Review of Disabilities  
#24: Cost of Living Increase for Supplemental Dependent Allowance Paid to Accidental Disability Retirees and Accidental Death Survivors  
#25: The Repeal of G.L. c. 32, § 90G¾:  

August

#26: Access to PROSPER  
#27: Reinstatement to Service under G.L. c. 32 § 105  

September

#28: Selection of Fifth Member and Board Employees  
#29: Vendor Disclosures  
#30: Mandatory Retirement Board Member Training – 4th Quarter 2017  

October

#31: Appropriation Data Due October 31, 2017  
#32: Tobacco Company List  

November

#33: New Fraud Prevention Poster  
#34: Administrator’s Training (November 14, 2017) – Location Change  

December

#35: Forfeiture of Retirement Allowance for Dereliction of Duty  
#36: Information Needed for Calculation Approvals  
#37: 3(8)(c) Reimbursements and PERAC Calculation Policy 15-001  
#38: 2017 Disability Data  

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