Massachusetts § 86 - Public employees; certified copy of order, decision, or agreement mailed to public employee retirement administration commission, etc.
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§ 86. Public employees; certified copy of order, decision, or agreement mailed to public employee retirement administration commission, etc.
Section 86. Within fifteen days of an order or decision of the division, of a member or of a reviewing board, or the approval of a memorandum of agreement by the division, with respect to a claim by an employee of the commonwealth, a city, a town or a district which has accepted the provisions of chapter eight hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, or of any town or district which has accepted or accepts the provisions of section sixty-nine, the division shall mail to the public employee retirement administration commission, and the board of the retirement system of which the employee is a member, a certified copy of said order or decision of the division, of a member or of a reviewing board or the memorandum of agreement approved by the division.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 86 ("Public employees; certified copy of order, decision, or agreement mailed to public employee retirement administration commission, etc.") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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