Massachusetts Chapter 32 — Retirement Systems and Pensions

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 1— Definitions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 2— Description of systems
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 3— Membership
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 3A— Ineligible employees; deferred compensation program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 4— Creditable service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 5— Superannuation retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 5A— Wellness program
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 5B— Early intervention plans; rehabilitation plans
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 6— Ordinary disability retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 7— Accidental disability retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 8— Evaluation and reexamination of members retired for disability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 9— Accidental death benefit
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 10— Resignation, failure of reappointment, removal or discharge
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 11— Return of accumulated total deductions and amounts due beneficiaries of deceased members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 12— Options on retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 12A— Payment of allowances to certain beneficiaries pending determination of accidental death benefits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 12B— Spouse and children; survivor benefits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 12C— Widow and children survivor benefits; manner of payment; contributions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 12D— Payment of benefits in accordance with requirements of Internal Revenue Code
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 13— Payment of allowances
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 14— Effect of workers' compensation benefits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 14A— Third party recovery
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 15— Dereliction of duty by members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 16— Involuntary retirement; right to a hearing; right of review or appeal
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 17— Action on behalf of incompetent members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 18— Filing of statements and reports; protection against fraud
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 19— Exemption from taxation, attachments and assignments; exception
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 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
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 19B— Withholding for payment of insurance premiums; certification of eligible members; death; payment of benefits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 19C— Annuity, retirement allowance, etc. subject to child support obligations; payments to IV–D agency
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 20— Administration by boards
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 20A— Civil action against board member; expenses and damages; indemnification
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 20B— Indemnification
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 20C— Retirement board member statement of financial interest
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 21— Supervision by public employee retirement administration commission
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 21A— Debarment or suspension of contractors or vendors
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22— Methods of financing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22A— Repealed, 1983, 661, Sec. 16A
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22B— Reduction of unfunded pension liability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22C— Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund; funding schedules; appropriations
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22D— Retirement system funding schedule; establishment; annual pension funding grants
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22E— Review, evaluation and financial impact of statutory adjustments to the commonwealth pension liability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 22F— Revised retirement system funding schedule
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 23— Management of funds
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 23A— Repealed, 1996, 315, Sec. 13
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 23B— Requirements applicable to retirement board contracts for the procurement of investment, actuarial, legal and accounting services
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 24— Violations of contributory retirement laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 25— Guarantees; effects of amendments or repeal; mandamus
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 26— Retirement of officers in department of state police
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 27— Disposition of funds as of January 1, 1946
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28— Acceptance of act
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28A— Retirement of certain officers in department of state police
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28B— Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28C— Repealed, 1948, 589, Sec. 1
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28D— Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 1
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28E— Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28F— Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 98
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28G— Repealed, 1950, 813, Sec. 2
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28H— Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 3
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28I— State employees serving on interstate commission; continuance as members of retirement system
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28J— Repealed, 1952, 634, Sec. 4
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28K— Commonwealth employees; leave of absence as representative of employee organization; creditable service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28L— Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35A
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28M— Department of correction employees; retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 28N— Correction or jail officers employed by county sheriffs' offices; retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 33— Repealed, 1936, 400, Sec. 4
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 39— Association for providing pensions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 40— By-laws and statements
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 41— Exemption from taxation; exception
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 42— Pension fund for the retirement of teachers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 43— Retirement of teacher if incapacitated
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 44— Retirement of school janitors if incapacitated
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 44A— Retirement of janitors not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 44B— School janitors; options; widows; approval
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 44C— Dental assistants, retirement by cities or towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 45— Applicability of Sec. 44 to city of Boston; acceptance by other cities and towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 45A— Amount of pension payable to person retired under Sec. 44
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 45B— School janitors and school custodians in certain cities and towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 45C— Amount of pension payable to person with more than 20 years of service retired under Sec. 44
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 46— Officers and employees of correctional institutions; prerequisites to retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 47— Computation of time of service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 48— Amount of pension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 52— Veterans of Indian wars in municipal service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 53— Veterans of Indian wars employed jointly by two municipalities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 54— Acceptance of two preceding sections
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 55— Acceptance of Secs. 52 and 53 subject to mayor's veto
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 56— Retirement of veteran if incapacitated
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 57— Retirement of veteran after ten years' service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 57A— Certain provisions of Secs. 6, 8 and 16 applicable to certain veterans
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 57B— Retirement of police or fire department members under Secs. 56 to 60; creditable service; effective date of section
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 58— Retirement of veteran after thirty years' service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 58A— Wartime service in armed forces as creditable service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 58B— Election of option for benefit of surviving spouse or other beneficiary of veteran
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 58C— Retirement allowances of policemen and firemen retiring under Sec. 58
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 58D— Retirement allowances of employees retiring under Sec. 58 other than policemen and firemen
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 59— ''Retiring authority'' defined
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 59A— Part of service in governmental unit other than retiring unit; reimbursement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 60— Acceptance of Secs. 56 to 59; minimum period of creditable service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 60A— Repealed, 1954, 627, Sec. 15
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65A— Retirement or resignation of justices or judges
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65B— Pensions for special justices of district courts
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65C— Surviving spouses of judges
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65D— Retirement or resignation of judges appointed on or after Jan. 2, 1975
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65E— Retired justices of supreme judicial court; benefits; temporary service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65F— Retired justices of appeals court; benefits; temporary service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65G— Justices of trial court; benefits; temporary service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65H— Early retirement allowance for judges
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65I— Disability retirement for judges
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 65J— Retiring judges; payments for unused vacation allowance and sick leave credit
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 66— Pensions for court officers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 67— Payment of pensions granted under Sec. 66 and expenses
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 68— Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35B
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 69— Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 35B
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 70— Repealed, 1939, 441, Sec. 4
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 71— Annuities to dependents of member of metropolitan police department killed while in performance of duties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 72— Appropriations for pensions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 73— Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 148
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 74— Scrubwomen in state house
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 75— Pensions for probation officers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 76— Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 76A— Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 77— Pensions for laborers; qualifications; acceptance of provisions by cities or towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 77A— Superannuation retirement; options for payment of pension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 77B— Amount of pensions; effective date
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 77C— Persons promoted to supervisory positions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 77D— Retirement of laborers not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 78— Laborers in fire, water and sewerage districts or employed by joint water boards
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 78A— Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of service
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 79— Existing pensions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 80— Pensions for firemen in cities; applicability of law
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 81— Amount of pension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 81A— Alternative provisions for retirement of firemen
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 81B— Amount of pensions under Sec. 81A
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 82— Pensions for call members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 83— Pensions for police in cities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 83A— Alternative provisions for retirement of police in cities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 84— Retirement of injured police officers in cities and towns having no pension systems
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85— Pensions for policemen and firemen in towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85A— Retirement of members of fire and police department in certain towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85B— Retirement of park board police of cities and towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85C— Policemen and firemen excepted from law
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85D— Retirement of call members in certain towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85E— Alternative retirement provisions for policemen and firemen in towns
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85F— Examination by medical panel prerequisite to disability retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85G— Service credit on retirement of former reserve officers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85H— Disability retirement of call or volunteer fire fighters and reserve police officers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85I— Creditable service in retirement of certain members
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85J— Pensions for policemen and fire fighters or their widows; optional provisions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 86— Repealed, 1950, 395
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 87— Repealed, 1930, 182, Sec. 5
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 87A— Repealed, 1928, 402, Sec. 4
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 88— Pensions for dependents of persons killed while aiding police officers or firefighters
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 89— Annuities to dependents of policemen, firemen, etc., killed in performance of duty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 89A— Annuities to dependents of public employees killed or dying from injuries in performance of duties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 89B— Annuities to dependents of police officers or fire fighters killed in performance of duty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 89C— Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 89D— Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 89E— Accidental death benefits for volunteer emergency service providers
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90— Aged police officers not subject to certain laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90A— Increasing allowance of former employees retired for accidental disability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90B— Waiver of pension or retirement allowance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90C— Increasing allowance of former employees retired on superannuation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90D— Increasing allowance of former employees retired on ordinary disability
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90E— Increasing allowance of former employees whose classification has been abolished
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 90J— Employees age seventy or over; payment of annual physical and mental examination costs; retirement system board and local legislative body approval
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 91— Payment of pensioners for services after retirement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 91A— Adjusted pension or retirement allowances
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 91B— Enforcement of Sec. 91A; wage reporting system and computer match file
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 91C— Access to criminal record offender information; comparison with retirement allowances list
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 92— Pension, annuity or retirement allowance; pledge, conveyance or assignment; support of pensioners becoming public charge
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 92A— Support of dependents; pensioners residing outside United States
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 93— Certain pensions not affected
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 94— Impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease, resulting in disability or death of paid fire or police department member; presumption
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 94A— Disability or death caused by disease of lungs or respiratory tract; paid fire department member; presumption
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 94B— Disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer; paid fire member; presumption
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 95— Granting annuities to certain officials or employees not entitled to retirement allowance or pension
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 95A— Annuities to widows and children of retired employees
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 95B— Annuities to widows and children of retired employees
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 96— Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; amount
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 97— Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; approval
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 98— Advance payments, period of processing application
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 99— Advance payments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 100— Pensions to surviving spouses of firefighters, police officers or corrections officers killed in performance of duties
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 100A— Killed-in-line-of-duty benefits
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 101— Allowance to widows of disabled public employees; supplemental annual allowance
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 102— Cost-of-living; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments; adjustments in amounts of pensions and annuities
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 103— Systems other than state employees' retirement system and teachers' retirement system; cost-of living; funding schedule; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 104— Section 401(a)(17) Excess Fund; Section 415 Excess Benefit Fund
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 105— Reinstatement
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 106— Amounts paid in lieu of vacation leave