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Benefits

A Matter of Time: Buybacks and Other Service Purchases Under Chapter 32 (English, PDF 888.11 KB)
A Very Interesting Presentation (English, PDF 1.98 MB)
Beneficiaries (English, PDF 237.26 KB)
Beneficiaries by the Numbers (English, PDF 2.55 MB)
Chapter 32: A Primer (English, PDF 1.23 MB)
Death Prior to Retirement/Local Options, What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to Retire) (English, PDF 1.39 MB)
Dual Membership (English, PDF 659.96 KB)
Everything You Wanted to Know About Disability Retirement (English, PDF 3.09 MB)
Legislative Update (English, PDF 3.29 MB)
Limits on Post-Retirement Earnings and the 91A Process (English, PDF 1.54 MB)
Regular (and Irregular) Compensation (English, PDF 961.61 KB)
Serious and Willful Misconduct (English, PDF 693.63 KB)
Setting the Record Straight: Some Popular Misconceptions About Public Pensions (English, PDF 781.42 KB)
Veteran's Benefits (English, PDF 394.42 KB)
Working After Retirement (English, PDF 2.17 MB)

Board Members

A Budget Process Model (English, PDF 80.05 KB)
Board Meeting Guidelines (English, PDF 133.76 KB)
Fiduciary Responsibility of Retirement Board Members and Staff (English, PDF 3.55 MB)
Monthly Meetings and Records (English, PDF 704.79 KB)
Monthly Meetings and Records 2010 (English, PDF 133.01 KB)
Pension Legal Issues (English, PDF 2.44 MB)
Process for Electing the 3rd and 4th Members of a Retirement Board (English, PDF 822.91 KB)
Public Records: An Overview (English, PDF 638.08 KB)
Retirement Board Composition (English, PDF 1.48 MB)
Retirement Board Elections And Choosing the 5th Member (English, PDF 641.2 KB)

Cases of Interest

2020 Cases of Interest (English, PDF 3.36 MB)
Beyond Bettencourt: The 8th Amendment and Pension Forfeitures in Massachusetts (English, PDF 2 MB)
Buonomo and Other Cases of Interest (English, PDF 2.13 MB)
Cases of Interest 2015 (English, PDF 2.21 MB)
Hull Retirement Board v. CRAB, Leary, and PERAC (English, PDF 763.03 KB)
MacAloney, Survivor Benefits, Confederate Widows and Other Cases of Interest (English, PDF 349.19 KB)
No "Parade of Horribles" (English, PDF 684.79 KB)
No “Parade of Horribles”: Implementing the Vernava Decision (English, PDF 1013.01 KB)
Paul Conway V. PERAC CR-11-195 (English, PDF 906.19 KB)
Post-Retirement Earnings and Plymouth Retirement Board v. CRAB (English, PDF 572.92 KB)
Recent Cases of Interest - Spring 2018 (English, PDF 2.69 MB)
Recent Legislative Changes in the Retirement Law (English, PDF 602.84 KB)
Spring 2016 Cases of Interest (English, PDF 1.31 MB)
Spring 2017 Cases of Interest (English, PDF 1.46 MB)
Vernava Implementation: Slide 17 (English, PDF 1.6 MB)
Vernava Implementation: Slide 17 (English, PDF 904.19 KB)
With a Dash of Dimasi... (English, PDF 2.11 MB)

Conflict of Interest

Buyback Interest – legal opinions (English, PDF 3.43 MB)
Practical Guide to the Conflict of Interest for Municipal Employees (English, PDF 1.98 MB)

Domestic Relations Orders

Domestic Relations Orders (English, PDF 881.47 KB)

Legislation

April 2, 2012: How Chapter 176 Affects Those Who Became Members Prior to that Date (English, PDF 243.61 KB)
PERAC's Proposed Changes to Election and Disability Regulations (English, PDF 1018.52 KB)
PERAC Overview (English, PDF 554.88 KB)
Special Legislation: Issues to Address and Consider 2014 (English, PDF 375.29 KB)
The Legislative Process (English, PDF 1.22 MB)
The Legislative Process: How a Bill Becomes a Law (English, PDF 769.32 KB)

Pension Forfeiture

Pension Forfeiture (English, PDF 259.77 KB)
Pension Forfeiture after Bettencourt, and Other Cases of Interest (English, PDF 1.58 MB)
Pension Forfeiture Commission (English, PDF 600.56 KB)
Police and Pension Forfeitures (English, PDF 1.08 MB)

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