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Plymouth Retirement Board Supplemental Regulations

Regulations accepted by the board and approved by PERAC

Membership:

Creditable Service:

June 12, 2015:
Members of the Plymouth Retirement System (“System”) who previously rendered service in the Town of Plymouth, in a member unit of the system or as an employee of the Plymouth Retirement Board (“Board”) and who were not eligible to participate in the System at the time service was rendered, shall be eligible to purchase such past service rendered, consistent with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 32, Section 4(2)(c) and the Board’s regulation regarding the calculation of creditable service.  Members of the System who previously rendered service in another governmental unit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and were not eligible to participate in the retirement system which has jurisdiction over said governmental unit shall be eligible to purchase past service rendered provided that said service was rendered in a temporary, provisional or substitute position, consistent with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 32, Section 3(5) and the Board’s regulation regarding the calculation of creditable service.

October 13, 2009:
All part-time service rendered as a member of the Plymouth Retirement System (“System”) and any prior non-membership service rendered which is purchased by a member of the System shall be prorated upon transfer to any other contributory retirement system.  The method by which the Board shall prorate and accept liability pursuant to M.G.L. c. 32, § 3(8)(c) for such part-time service will be based upon 37.5 hours per week being the equivalent of one (1) week of service and 162.5 hours shall be the equivalent of one (1) month of service.  For employees who are employed on a 12 month basis, 1,950 hours shall be the equivalent of one (1) year of service.  For employees of the Plymouth School Department or any other employee who is only required to work 10 months per year (September to June), 1,625 hours shall be the equivalent of one (1) year of service.

May 29, 2009:
The Board’s creditable service regulation was amended to add tutors to those eligible for membership.  Effective upon the adoption and approval of this regulation, all part-time service rendered as a member of the Plymouth Retirement System (“System”) and any prior non-membership service rendered which is purchased by a member of the System shall be prorated upon transfer to any other contributory retirement system.  The method by which the Board shall prorate and accept liability pursuant to M.G.L. c. 32, § 3(8)(c) for such part-time service will be based upon 37.5 hours per week being the equivalent of one (1) week of service and 162.5 hours shall be the equivalent of one (1) month of service.  For employees who are employed on a 12 month basis, 1,950 hours shall be the equivalent of one (1) year of service.  For employees of the Plymouth School Department or any other employee who is only required to work 10 months per year (September to June), 1,625 hours shall be the equivalent of one (1) year of service.

October 8, 2002:
Members of the Plymouth Retirement System shall receive creditable service in the following:  For a member in service who is employed in a full-time capacity while an employee in the Town of Plymouth, he/she will receive one year of creditable service for each full calendar year in which the employee is receiving regular compensation for said service.

For a member-in-service who is employed in a part-time capacity throughout his/her entire career while an employee in the Town of Plymouth, he/she will receive one year of creditable service for each full calendar in which the employee is receiving regular compensation for said service.

For a member-in-service who has been employed in both a full-time and part-time capacity while an employee in the Town of Plymouth, the member will receive full-time credit for full-time service, and prorated credit for part-time service based on the full-time equivalency of 37.5 hours for the position.

For a member who is employed in a part-time capacity throughout his/her entire career while an employee in the Town of Plymouth, but who either purchases past refunded service, or has transferred into the Plymouth Retirement System service, rendered in a full-time capacity, the member's part-time service shall be prorated based on the full-time equivalency of the position.

March 1, 1995:
Creditable service for part-time or full-time employees, either actively contributing or, in the computation to determine make-ups, shall be determined retroactively based upon the following, unless that person has retired or left the employment of the town.

Less than two (2) weeks in any year-----------No credit
Two (2) weeks to One (1) month---------------One (1) month
One (1) month to Six (6) months---------------Month for month
Seven (7) months and over-----------------------One (1) year

One (1) year of credit for seven (7) months of service may only be granted if the work is determined by the retirement board to be seasonal in nature.

One (1) year of credit for ten (10) months of service may only be granted for school employees whose work schedule is the academic school year.

March 5, 1990:
For every two years of call firefighters service, this board will grant one year of creditable service, not to exceed a maximum of five years, and such service to be credited only if later appointed as a permanent member of the Fire Department.

February 1, 1990:
To establish a standard policy that C.E.T.A. service not be considered as creditable service and liability on such service will not be accepted by his board.

Regular Compensation:

Miscellaneous:

January 20, 2017:
CORRECTION OF ERRORS
In all cases in which a benefit calculation error occurs that results in an underpayment or non-payment of a pension or benefit to a member or beneficiary, or in the event of any overpayment as the result of an error to a member or beneficiary the Board shall, consistent with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 32 § 20(5)(c), pay to or collect from the member or beneficiary, as the case may be, the actuarial equivalent of the benefit paid or received in error.  Pursuant to the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Herrick v. Essex Regional Retirement Board, 465 Mass. 801 (2013) and PERAC Memorandum #32/2013, the Board has determined that the actuarial equivalent requires that the interest to be applied will be based on the 10-year Treasury rate in effect on January 1st of each year.

Pursuant to our authority, this regulation, and a list of all retirement boards that have submitted supplemental regulations, shall be kept on file within the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, posted on the PERAC website, and shall be available upon request.

March 19, 2004:
A member of the Plymouth Retirement System who sustains an injury as a result of, and while in the performance of, his duties, or who believes that he has been exposed to an occupational hazard, shall complete a notice of injury and/or accident report, or the equivalent thereto, which specifically identifies the date, time and place of injury, the specific duty being performed at the time of said injury, identify the actual injury sustained or hazard undergone, identify any witnesses to said injury, the department for which the employee works, the title of the employee and to whom the injury was first reported. Said notice of injury or accident report must be filed with the Board within 90 days of suffering said injury.

December 18, 2001
Election of Board Members
The Plymouth Retirement Board shall conduct a simultaneous election for the two elected members of the Board.  Both terms of the elected members shall be for three years and expire on the same date. In conducting the election, the Board shall place all candidates who have been nominated in conformance with 840 CMR 7.04 on one ballot.  All eligible candidates shall be listed on the ballot in an order determined by a random drawing of the names of the candidates.  In the event that only two candidates have been nominated, the Board shall declare said candidates to be the elected members of the Board, no elections shall be held, and said candidates shall take office and serve in all respects as though he or she had been elected by election.  If there are more than two candidates, an election shall be conducted and each member of or retired from the Plymouth Retirement Board shall be allowed to vote for not more than two candidates. Upon tabulation of the ballots, the two candidates who receive the most votes shall be declared the elected members of the Board. In the event of a vacancy, a new election shall be conducted to fill a vacancy as soon as practicable.

Contact   for Plymouth Retirement Board Supplemental Regulations

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508-830-4019

Address

212 South Meadow Road, Unit 3, Plymouth, MA 02360

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