STATE STATUTES & CODES

MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 32 RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS

• Section 1 Definitions
• Section 2 Description of systems
• Section 3 Membership
• Section 3A Ineligible employees; deferred compensation program
• Section 4 Creditable service
• Section 5 Superannuation retirement
• Section 5A Wellness program
• Section 5B Early intervention plans; rehabilitation plans
• Section 6 Ordinary disability retirement
• Section 7 Accidental disability retirement
• Section 8 Evaluation and reexamination of members retired for disability
• Section 9 Accidental death benefit
• Section 10 Resignation, failure of re-election or reappointment, removal or discharge
• Section 11 Return of accumulated total deductions and amounts due beneficiaries of deceased members
• Section 12 Options on retirement
• Section 12A Payment of allowances to certain beneficiaries pending determination of accidental death benefits
• Section 12B Spouse and children; survivor benefits
• Section 12C Widow and children survivor benefits; manner of payment; contributions
• Section 13 Payment of allowances
• Section 14 Effect of workers’ compensation benefits
• Section 14A Third party recovery
• Section 15 Dereliction of duty by members
• Section 16 Involuntary retirement; right to a hearing; right of review or appeal
• Section 17 Action on behalf of incompetent members
• Section 18 Filing of statements and reports; protection against fraud
• Section 19 Exemption from taxation, attachments and assignments; exception
• Section 19A Assignment of retirement allowances for payment of certain subscriber premiums, income taxes or support orders; deduction for payment of premiums for coverage under chapter 32B
• Section 19B Withholding for payment of insurance premiums; certification of eligible members; death; payment of benefits
• Section 19C Annuity, retirement allowance, etc. subject to child support obligations; payments to IV-D agency
• Section 20 Administration by boards
• Section 20A Civil action against board member; expenses and damages; indemnification
• Section 20B Indemnification
• Section 21 Supervision by public employee retirement administration commission
• Section 22 Methods of financing
• Section 22A Repealed, 1983, 661, Sec. 16A
• Section 22B Reduction of unfunded pension liability
• Section 22C Commonwealth’s Pension Liability Fund; funding schedules; appropriations
• Section 22D Retirement system funding schedule; establishment; annual pension funding grants
• Section 23 Management of funds
• Section 23A Repealed, 1996, 315, Sec. 13
• Section 24 Violations of contributory retirement laws
• Section 25 Guarantees; effects of amendments or repeal; mandamus
• Section 26 Retirement of officers in department of state police
• Section 27 Disposition of funds as of January 1, 1946
• Section 28 Acceptance of act
• Section 28A Retirement of certain officers in department of state police
• Section 28B Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35
• Section 28C Repealed, 1948, 589, Sec. 1
• Section 28D Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 1
• Section 28E Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 2
• Section 28F Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 98
• Section 28G Repealed, 1950, 813, Sec. 2
• Section 28H Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 3
• Section 28I State employees serving on interstate commission; continuance as members of retirement system
• Section 28J Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 4
• Section 28K Commonwealth employees; leave of absence as representative of employee organization; creditable service
• Section 28L Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35A
• Section 28M Department of correction employees; retirement
• Section 28N Correction or jail officers employed by county sheriffs’ offices; retirement
• Section 29 to 38A Repealed, 1945, 658, Sec. 1
• Section 39 Association for providing pensions
• Section 40 By-laws and statements
• Section 41 Exemption from taxation; exception
• Section 42 Municipalities in which authorized; pension fund
• Section 43 Power of retirement board; persons qualified; amount of pensions
• Section 44 Authorization; amount of pension
• Section 44A Retirement of janitors not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
• Section 44B School janitors; options; widows; approval
• Section 44C Dental assistants, retirement by cities or towns
• Section 45 Boston, applicability of Sec. 44
• Section 45A Amount of pension
• Section 45B School janitors and school custodians in certain cities and towns
• Section 45C Amount of pensions; limitation; effective date
• Section 46 Officers and employees of correctional institutions; prerequisites to retirement
• Section 47 Computation of time of service
• Section 48 Amount of pension
• Section 49 to 51 Repealed, 1954, 627, Sec. 9
• Section 52 Veterans in municipal service
• Section 53 Veterans employed jointly by two towns
• Section 54 Acceptance of two preceding sections
• Section 55 Acceptance subject to mayor’s veto
• Section 56 Retirement if incapacitated
• Section 57 Retirement after ten years’ service
• Section 57A Certain provisions of Secs. 6, 8 and 16 applicable to certain veterans
• Section 57B Police or fire department members; creditable service; effective date of section
• Section 58 Retirement after thirty years’ service
• Section 58A Wartime service in armed forces as creditable service
• Section 58B Election of option for benefit of surviving spouse or other beneficiary of veteran
• Section 58C Retirement allowances of policemen and firemen
• Section 58D Retirement allowances of employees other than policemen and firemen
• Section 59 “Retiring authority” defined
• Section 59A Part of service in governmental unit other than retiring unit; reimbursement
• Section 60 Acceptance of Secs. 56 to 59; minimum period of creditable service
• Section 60A Repealed, 1954, 627, Sec. 15
• Section 61 to 65 Repealed, 1937, 409, Sec. 2
• Section 65A Retirement or resignation of justices or judges
• Section 65B Pensions for special justices of district courts
• Section 65C Surviving spouses of judges
• Section 65D Retirement or resignation of judges appointed on or after Jan. 2, 1975
• Section 65D1/2 Inactive member; appointment; election to become member
• Section 65E Retired justices of supreme judicial court; benefits; temporary service
• Section 65F Retired justices of appeals court; benefits; temporary service
• Section 65G Justices of trial court; benefits; temporary service
• Section 65H Early retirement allowance for judges
• Section 65I Disability retirement for judges
• Section 65J Retiring judges; payments for unused vacation allowance and sick leave credit
• Section 66 Pensions for court officers
• Section 67 Pensions and expenses; payment
• Section 68 Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35B
• Section 68A to 68C Repealed, 1945, 658, Sec. 1
• Section 69 Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35B
• Section 70 Repealed, 1939, 441, Sec. 4
• Section 71 Annuities to dependents
• Section 72 Appropriations for pensions
• Section 73 Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 148
• Section 74 Scrubwomen in state house
• Section 75 Pensions for probation officers
• Section 76 Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment
• Section 76A Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment
• Section 77 Pensions for laborers; qualifications; acceptance of provisions by cities or towns
• Section 77A Superannuation retirement; options for payment of pension
• Section 77B Amount of pensions; effective date
• Section 77C Persons promoted to supervisory positions
• Section 77D Retirement of laborers not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
• Section 78 Laborers in fire, water and sewerage districts or employed by joint water boards
• Section 78A Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of service
• Section 79 Existing pensions
• Section 80 Firemen; applicability of law
• Section 81 Amount of pension
• Section 81A Alternative provisions for retirement of firemen
• Section 81B Amount of pensions under Sec. 81A
• Section 82 Pensions for call members
• Section 83 Pensions for police in cities
• Section 83A Alternative provisions for retirement of police in cities
• Section 84 Retirement of injured police officers in cities and towns having no pension systems
• Section 85 Pensions for policemen and firemen in towns
• Section 85A Retirement of members of fire and police department in certain towns
• Section 85B Retirement of park board police of cities and towns
• Section 85C Policemen and firemen excepted from law
• Section 85D Retirement of call members in certain towns
• Section 85E Alternative retirement provisions for policemen and firemen in towns
• Section 85F Examination by medical panel prerequisite to disability retirement
• Section 85G Service credit on retirement of former reserve officers
• Section 85H Disability retirement of call or volunteer fire fighters and reserve police officers
• Section 85H1/2 Disability retirement compensation in cities, towns or fire districts with no permanent police or fire department members
• Section 85I Creditable service in retirement of certain members
• Section 85J Pensions for policemen and fire fighters or their widows; optional provisions
• Section 86 Repealed, 1950, 395
• Section 87 Repealed, 1930, 182, Sec. 5
• Section 87A Repealed, 1928, 402, Sec. 4
• Section 88 Pensions for dependents of persons killed while aiding police officers or firefighters
• Section 89 Annuities to dependents of policemen, firemen, etc., killed in performance of duty
• Section 89A Annuities to dependents of public employees killed or dying from injuries in performance of duties
• Section 89B Annuities to dependents of police officers or fire fighters killed in performance of duty
• Section 89C Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
• Section 89D Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
• Section 89E Accidental death benefits for volunteer emergency service providers
• Section 90 Aged police officers not subject to certain laws
• Section 90A Increasing allowance of former employees retired for accidental disability
• Section 90B Waiver of pension or retirement allowance
• Section 90C Increasing allowance of former employees retired on superannuation
• Section 90C1/2 Increasing allowance of former employees retired with at least twenty-five years of creditable service
• Section 90C3/4 Increasing allowance of former state police officers retired after at least twenty years of service
• Section 90D Increasing allowance of former employees retired on ordinary disability
• Section 90E Increasing allowance of former employees whose classification has been abolished
• Section 90F to 90G1/2 Repealed, 2000, 123, Sec. 25
• Section 90G3/4 Employees age seventy or over; continuation of retirement benefits; retirement system board and local legislative body approval
• Section 90H, 90I Repealed, 2000, 123, Sec. 28
• Section 90J Employees age seventy or over; payment of annual physical and mental examination costs; retirement system board and local legislative body approval
• Section 91 Payment of pensioners for services after retirement
• Section 91A Adjusted pension or retirement allowances
• Section 91B Enforcement of Sec. 91A; wage reporting system and computer match file
• Section 91C Access to criminal record offender information; comparison with retirement allowances list
• Section 92 Pension, annuity or retirement allowance; pledge, conveyance or assignment; support of pensioners becoming public charge
• Section 92A Support of dependents; pensioners residing outside United States
• Section 93 Certain pensions not affected
• Section 94 Impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease, resulting in disability or death of paid fire or police department member; presumption
• Section 94A Disability or death caused by disease of lungs or respiratory tract; paid fire department member; presumption
• Section 94B Disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer; paid fire member; presumption
• Section 95 Granting annuities to certain officials or employees not entitled to retirement allowance or pension
• Section 95A Annuities to widows and children of retired employees
• Section 95B Annuities to widows and children of retired employees
• Section 96 Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; amount
• Section 97 Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; approval
• Section 98 Advance payments, period of processing application
• Section 99 Advance payments
• Section 100 Pensions to surviving spouses of firefighters, police officers or corrections officers killed in performance of duties
• Section 100A Killed-in-line-of-duty benefits
• Section 101 Allowance to widows of disabled public employees
• Section 102 Cost-of-living; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments; adjustments in amounts of pensions and annuities
• Section 103 Systems other than state employees’ retirement system and teachers’ retirement system; cost-of living; funding schedule; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments
• Section 104 Section 401(a)(17) Excess Fund; Section 415 Excess Benefit Fund
• Section 105 Reinstatement

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