Massachusetts Code — 32
Browse 170 sections in division 32 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 2. Description of systems
- § 3. Membership
- § 3A. Ineligible employees; deferred compensation program
- § 4. Creditable service
- § 5. Superannuation retirement
- § 5A. Wellness program
- § 5B. Early intervention plans; rehabilitation plans
- § 6. Ordinary disability retirement
- § 7. Accidental disability retirement
- § 8. Evaluation and reexamination of members retired for disability
- § 9. Accidental death benefit
- § 10. Resignation, failure of reappointment, removal or discharge
- § 11. Return of accumulated total deductions and amounts due beneficiaries of deceased members
- § 12. Options on retirement
- § 12A. Payment of allowances to certain beneficiaries pending determination of accidental death benefits
- § 12B. Spouse and children; survivor benefits
- § 12C. Widow and children survivor benefits; manner of payment; contributions
- § 12D. Payment of benefits in accordance with requirements of Internal Revenue Code
- § 13. Payment of allowances
- § 14. Effect of workers' compensation benefits
- § 14A. Third party recovery
- § 15. Dereliction of duty by members
- § 16. Involuntary retirement; right to a hearing; right of review or appeal
- § 17. Action on behalf of incompetent members
- § 18. Filing of statements and reports; protection against fraud
- § 19. Exemption from taxation, attachments and assignments; exception
- § 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
- § 19B. Withholding for payment of insurance premiums; certification of eligible members; death; payment of benefits
- § 19C. Annuity, retirement allowance, etc. subject to child support obligations; payments to IV–D agency
- § 20. Administration by boards
- § 20A. Civil action against board member; expenses and damages; indemnification
- § 20B. Indemnification
- § 20C. Retirement board member statement of financial interest
- § 21. Supervision by public employee retirement administration commission
- § 21A. Debarment or suspension of contractors or vendors
- § 22. Methods of financing
- § 22B. Reduction of unfunded pension liability
- § 22C. Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund; funding schedules; appropriations
- § 22D. Retirement system funding schedule; establishment; annual pension funding grants
- § 22E. Review, evaluation and financial impact of statutory adjustments to the commonwealth pension liability
- § 22F. Revised retirement system funding schedule
- § 23. Management of funds
- § 23B. Requirements applicable to retirement board contracts for the procurement of investment, actuarial, legal and accounting services
- § 24. Violations of contributory retirement laws
- § 25. Guarantees; effects of amendments or repeal; mandamus
- § 26. Retirement of officers in department of state police
- § 27. Disposition of funds as of January 1, 1946
- § 28. Acceptance of act
- § 28A. Retirement of certain officers in department of state police
- § 28I. State employees serving on interstate commission; continuance as members of retirement system
- § 28K. Commonwealth employees; leave of absence as representative of employee organization; creditable service
- § 28M. Department of correction employees; retirement
- § 28N. Correction or jail officers employed by county sheriffs' offices; retirement
- § 39. Association for providing pensions
- § 40. By-laws and statements
- § 41. Exemption from taxation; exception
- § 42. Pension fund for the retirement of teachers
- § 43. Retirement of teacher if incapacitated
- § 44. Retirement of school janitors if incapacitated
- § 44A. Retirement of janitors not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
- § 44B. School janitors; options; widows; approval
- § 44C. Dental assistants, retirement by cities or towns
- § 45. Applicability of Sec. 44 to city of Boston; acceptance by other cities and towns
- § 45A. Amount of pension payable to person retired under Sec. 44
- § 45B. School janitors and school custodians in certain cities and towns
- § 45C. Amount of pension payable to person with more than 20 years of service retired under Sec. 44
- § 46. Officers and employees of correctional institutions; prerequisites to retirement
- § 47. Computation of time of service
- § 48. Amount of pension
- § 52. Veterans of Indian wars in municipal service
- § 53. Veterans of Indian wars employed jointly by two municipalities
- § 54. Acceptance of two preceding sections
- § 55. Acceptance of Secs. 52 and 53 subject to mayor's veto
- § 56. Retirement of veteran if incapacitated
- § 57. Retirement of veteran after ten years' service
- § 57A. Certain provisions of Secs. 6, 8 and 16 applicable to certain veterans
- § 57B. Retirement of police or fire department members under Secs. 56 to 60; creditable service; effective date of section
- § 58. Retirement of veteran after thirty years' service
- § 58A. Wartime service in armed forces as creditable service
- § 58B. Election of option for benefit of surviving spouse or other beneficiary of veteran
- § 58C. Retirement allowances of policemen and firemen retiring under Sec. 58
- § 58D. Retirement allowances of employees retiring under Sec. 58 other than policemen and firemen
- § 59. ''Retiring authority'' defined
- § 59A. Part of service in governmental unit other than retiring unit; reimbursement
- § 60. Acceptance of Secs. 56 to 59; minimum period of creditable service
- § 65A. Retirement or resignation of justices or judges
- § 65B. Pensions for special justices of district courts
- § 65C. Surviving spouses of judges
- § 65D. Retirement or resignation of judges appointed on or after Jan. 2, 1975
- § 65E. Retired justices of supreme judicial court; benefits; temporary service
- § 65F. Retired justices of appeals court; benefits; temporary service
- § 65G. Justices of trial court; benefits; temporary service
- § 65H. Early retirement allowance for judges
- § 65I. Disability retirement for judges
- § 65J. Retiring judges; payments for unused vacation allowance and sick leave credit
- § 66. Pensions for court officers
- § 67. Payment of pensions granted under Sec. 66 and expenses
- § 71. Annuities to dependents of member of metropolitan police department killed while in performance of duties
- § 72. Appropriations for pensions
- § 74. Scrubwomen in state house
- § 75. Pensions for probation officers
- § 76. Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment
- § 76A. Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionment
- § 77. Pensions for laborers; qualifications; acceptance of provisions by cities or towns
- § 77A. Superannuation retirement; options for payment of pension
- § 77B. Amount of pensions; effective date
- § 77C. Persons promoted to supervisory positions
- § 77D. Retirement of laborers not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
- § 78. Laborers in fire, water and sewerage districts or employed by joint water boards
- § 78A. Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of service
- § 79. Existing pensions
- § 80. Pensions for firemen in cities; applicability of law
- § 81. Amount of pension
- § 81A. Alternative provisions for retirement of firemen
- § 81B. Amount of pensions under Sec. 81A
- § 82. Pensions for call members
- § 83. Pensions for police in cities
- § 83A. Alternative provisions for retirement of police in cities
- § 84. Retirement of injured police officers in cities and towns having no pension systems
- § 85. Pensions for policemen and firemen in towns
- § 85A. Retirement of members of fire and police department in certain towns
- § 85B. Retirement of park board police of cities and towns
- § 85C. Policemen and firemen excepted from law
- § 85D. Retirement of call members in certain towns
- § 85E. Alternative retirement provisions for policemen and firemen in towns
- § 85F. Examination by medical panel prerequisite to disability retirement
- § 85G. Service credit on retirement of former reserve officers
- § 85H. Disability retirement of call or volunteer fire fighters and reserve police officers
- § 85I. Creditable service in retirement of certain members
- § 85J. Pensions for policemen and fire fighters or their widows; optional provisions
- § 88. Pensions for dependents of persons killed while aiding police officers or firefighters
- § 89. Annuities to dependents of policemen, firemen, etc., killed in performance of duty
- § 89A. Annuities to dependents of public employees killed or dying from injuries in performance of duties
- § 89B. Annuities to dependents of police officers or fire fighters killed in performance of duty
- § 89C. Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
- § 89D. Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
- § 89E. Accidental death benefits for volunteer emergency service providers
- § 90. Aged police officers not subject to certain laws
- § 90A. Increasing allowance of former employees retired for accidental disability
- § 90B. Waiver of pension or retirement allowance
- § 90C. Increasing allowance of former employees retired on superannuation
- § 90D. Increasing allowance of former employees retired on ordinary disability
- § 90E. Increasing allowance of former employees whose classification has been abolished
- § 90J. Employees age seventy or over; payment of annual physical and mental examination costs; retirement system board and local legislative body approval
- § 91. Payment of pensioners for services after retirement
- § 91A. Adjusted pension or retirement allowances
- § 91B. Enforcement of Sec. 91A; wage reporting system and computer match file
- § 91C. Access to criminal record offender information; comparison with retirement allowances list
- § 92. Pension, annuity or retirement allowance; pledge, conveyance or assignment; support of pensioners becoming public charge
- § 92A. Support of dependents; pensioners residing outside United States
- § 93. Certain pensions not affected
- § 94. Impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease, resulting in disability or death of paid fire or police department member; presumption
- § 94A. Disability or death caused by disease of lungs or respiratory tract; paid fire department member; presumption
- § 94B. Disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer; paid fire member; presumption
- § 95. Granting annuities to certain officials or employees not entitled to retirement allowance or pension
- § 95A. Annuities to widows and children of retired employees
- § 95B. Annuities to widows and children of retired employees
- § 96. Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; amount
- § 97. Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; approval
- § 98. Advance payments, period of processing application
- § 99. Advance payments
- § 100. Pensions to surviving spouses of firefighters, police officers or corrections officers killed in performance of duties
- § 100A. Killed-in-line-of-duty benefits
- § 101. Allowance to widows of disabled public employees; supplemental annual allowance
- § 102. Cost-of-living; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments; adjustments in amounts of pensions and annuities
- § 103. Systems other than state employees' retirement system and teachers' retirement system; cost-of living; funding schedule; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments
- § 104. Section 401(a)(17) Excess Fund; Section 415 Excess Benefit Fund
- § 105. Reinstatement
- § 106. Amounts paid in lieu of vacation leave