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MA Gen L ch 32 § 59a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 59a - Part of Service in Governmental Unit Other Than Retiring Unit; Reimbursement

Section 59A. If a retired veteran or the widow of a veteran receives a pension from the commonwealth or from a political subdivision thereof under the provisions of section fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight or fifty-eight B, and if a portion of such pension or widow's allowance is based on the creditable service of such veteran in a governmental unit other than the unit which pays such pension or allowance, the governmental unit making such payment shall be reimbursed in full by such other governmental unit for such portion of the pension or allowance as shall be computed by the actuary in the public employee retirement administration commission. The treasurer of the governmental unit paying such pension or allowance shall annually, on or before January fifteenth, upon certification of the retiring authority of such governmental unit, notify the treasurer of such other governmental unit of the amount of reimbursement due therefrom for the previous calendar year, and the treasurer of such other governmental unit shall forthwith take such steps as may be necessary to insure prompt payment of such amount. All such payments from the other governmental unit shall be charged to such funds as shall be appropriated for payment of pensions and allowances under section fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight or fifty-eight B, and when received they shall be credited to and added without further appropriation to such similar appropriation as shall have been made for the payment of similar pensions and allowances in the paying governmental unit. In default of any such payment, the paying governmental unit may maintain an action of contract to recover the same.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 60 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 60 - Acceptance of Secs. 56 to 59; Minimum Period of Creditable Service

Section 60. Sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law relating to retirement allowances, be in effect in any county, city, town or district which accepted them or accepted corresponding provisions of law prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, by the retiring authority.  No veteran whose employment first begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, shall be subject to the provisions of sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive; nor shall any veteran whose employment first began on or before said June thirtieth be subject to said provisions unless at the time of his retirement the total period of his creditable service is at least equal to twice the time he was not in the employ of the commonwealth or of a county, city, town, district, housing authority or redevelopment authority subsequent to the date when his employment by the commonwealth or by a county, city, town, district, housing authority or redevelopment authority first began.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65d1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65d1/2 - Election of Appointed Justice to Membership in Service of a Retirement System

Section 65D1/2. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any member inactive of a retirement system appointed by the governor to a position as a chief justice, justice, associate justice, judge, associate judge or special justice may elect within thirty days of such appointment to become a member in service of the system pertaining to the position to which he is appointed, subject to the provisions of sections sixty-five A to sixty-five D, inclusive; provided, however, that any such member inactive who is receiving or had received a retirement allowance shall repay into the system from which he is receiving or had received such allowance the total amount of any such allowance received from the date of his retirement to the date of his again becoming a member in service, together with buyback interest.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65e - Retired Justices of Supreme Judicial Court; Benefits; Temporary Service

Section 65E. (a) A chief justice or any associate justice of the supreme judicial court, who is retired from his office may notify the chief justice of the supreme judicial court in writing that he wishes his name to be placed upon the list of retired justices of the supreme judicial court. The chief justice of the supreme judicial court may place the name of any such chief justice or associate justice on the list of retired justices of the supreme judicial court. With respect to those whose names have been placed on such list upon retirement, any retired chief justice or associate justice or any surviving spouse of such chief justice or associate justice shall be entitled to the same pension and all other benefits which he or his surviving spouse would have been entitled to receive if he had retired without his name having been placed on such list, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and a vacancy shall exist in the office theretofore occupied by such retired chief justice or associate justice.  (b) A retired chief justice or associate justice of the supreme judicial court whose name has been placed on a list of retired justices or judges shall be eligible, for a term of two years, to perform judicial duties only as provided in section twenty-four of chapter two hundred and eleven, provided that he likewise shall be eligible to perform judicial duties for succeeding two year terms upon request, with the reapproval of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court, for each succeeding term.  (c) If such retired justice no longer wishes to be eligible to perform judicial duties pursuant to section twenty-four of said chapter two hundred eleven, he may at any time after having his name placed upon a retired list resign his office.  (d) A retired chief justice or associate justice of the supreme judicial court, while eligible to perform judicial duties shall not engage in the practice of law directly or indirectly, and shall not hold any office which is incompatible with holding the office of judge of the court of which he is on the retired list under the provisions of Article II of Chapter VI of Part the Second of the Constitution of the Commonwealth or of Article VIII of the Amendments thereto.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65f - Retired Justices of Appeals Court; Benefits; Temporary Service

Section 65F. (a) A chief justice or any associate justice of the appeals court, who is retired from his office may notify the chief justice of the supreme judicial court in writing that he wishes his name to be placed upon the list of retired justices of the appeals court. The chief justice of the supreme judicial court may place the name of any such chief justice or associate justice on the list of retired justices of the appeals court. With respect to those whose names have been placed on such list upon retirement, any retired chief justice or associate justice or any surviving spouse of such chief justice or associate justice shall be entitled to the same pension and all other benefits which he or his surviving spouse would have been entitled to receive if he had retired without his name having been placed on such list, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and a vacancy shall exist in the office theretofore occupied by such retired chief justice or associate justice.  (b) A retired chief justice or associate justice of the appeals court whose name has been placed on a list of retired justices or judges shall be eligible, for a term of two years, to perform judicial duties only as provided in section sixteen of chapter two hundred and eleven A, provided that he likewise shall be eligible to perform judicial duties for succeeding two year terms upon his request, with the reapproval of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court, for each succeeding term.  (c) If such retired justice no longer wishes to be eligible to perform judicial duties pursuant to section sixteen of said chapter two hundred eleven A, he may at any time after having his name placed upon a retired list resign his office.  (d) A retired chief justice or associate justice of the appeals court, while eligible to perform judicial duties shall not engage in the practice of law directly or indirectly, and shall not hold any office which is incompatible with holding the office of judge of the court of which he is on the retired list under the provisions of Article II of Chapter VI of Part the Second of the Constitution of the Commonwealth or of Article VIII of the Amendments thereto.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65g - Justices of Trial Court; Benefits; Temporary Service

Section 65G. (a) Any justice of a department of the trial court who is retired from his office may notify the chief justice of the supreme judicial court in writing that he wishes his name to be placed upon the list of retired justices of the trial court of the commonwealth. Said chief justice may place the name of any such justice on the list of retired justices for the trial court of the commonwealth. With respect to those whose names have been placed on such list upon retirement, any retired justice or any surviving spouse of a retired justice shall be entitled to the same pension and all other benefits which he or his surviving spouse would have been entitled to receive if he had retired without his name having been placed on such list, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and a vacancy shall exist in the office theretofore occupied by such retired justice.  (b) A retired justice whose name has been placed on a list of retired justices shall be eligible, for a term of two years, to perform judicial duties only as provided in section fourteen of chapter two hundred and eleven B, provided that he likewise shall be eligible to perform judicial duties for succeeding two year terms upon request, with the reapproval of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court, for each succeeding term.  (c) If such retired justice no longer wishes to be eligible to perform judicial duties pursuant to section fourteen of said chapter two hundred eleven B, he may at any time after having his name placed upon a retired list resign his office.  (d) A retired justice eligible to perform judicial duties shall not engage in the practice of law directly or indirectly, and shall not hold any office which is incompatible with holding the office of a justice of the trial court of which he is on the retired list under the provisions of Article II of Chapter VI of Part the Second of the Constitution of the Commonwealth or of Article VIII of the Amendments thereto.  (e) Any justice who has been retired from any predecessor court to a department, or a division thereof, of the trial court, shall be eligible for service as hereinbefore provided to the same extent as if he had been retired from the trial court.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65h - Early Retirement Allowance for Judges

Section 65H. A chief justice, administrative justice, justice, associate justice, judge, associate judge, or special justice, hereafter in this section and in section sixty-five I called judge, who has paid the full amount of the contributions required, if any, by paragraph (b) of section sixty-five D, shall receive a retirement allowance, at the option of the judge and in lieu of any pension or retirement allowance to which he may be entitled, if any, under section sixty-five A, sixty-five B, or sixty-five D, to become effective on the date of his retirement. Payments under such retirement allowance shall be made as provided in sections twelve and thirteen. The yearly amount of such retirement allowance to a judge provided for under this section shall, subject to the limitations set forth in this section, be based on the salary of the judge at the time of his retirement, multiplied by the number of continuous years of service as a judge, and further multiplied by the percent allowable based on the age at the date of retirement as shown in the following table:   The amount of the retirement allowance provided for in this section shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the salary of the judge at the time of his retirement. No such retirement allowance shall be paid unless the judge shall have served continuously as a judge for at least ten years. For the purpose of this section, a year of service as a special justice shall be computed by dividing the number of days of actual sittings in such capacity by two hundred and sixty, whether or not such sittings occurred in one calendar or fiscal year. A judge shall be deemed to have served continuously even though a period not in excess of thirty days shall have intervened between the holding of one judicial office and the holding of another judicial office.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65i - Disability Retirement for Judges

Section 65I. Any judge may, voluntarily and on his own initiative, apply for an allowance under the provisions of section six or seven, and, if found eligible for such allowance under the provisions of such sections, may, without an order of the governor or the consent of his council, receive such an allowance upon the terms applicable to a member classified in Group I in lieu of any other retirement allowance for which he might otherwise be eligible.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 65j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 65j - Retiring Judges; Payments for Unused Vacation Allowance and Sick Leave Credit

Section 65J. Upon retirement, a judge shall be paid an amount equal to the vacation allowance as earned in the vacation year prior to such retirement; provided, however, that no monetary or other allowance has already been awarded for such vacation allowance.  Upon retirement, a judge who has accrued unused sick leave credit shall be paid an amount equal to twenty percent of the value of such credit as determined by the rate of compensation received at the time of retirement; provided, however, that such payment for accrued unused sick leave shall not affect the amount of retirement allowance available to such judge.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 66 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 66 - Pensions for Court Officers

Section 66. Any court officer of the supreme judicial or superior court who, in the judgment of the sheriff of his county, is disabled for useful service in either of said courts, and who is certified by a physician, designated by the sheriff, to be permanently incapacitated, either mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his own, in the actual performance of his duty in said court, and any court officer of either of said courts who has performed faithful service in either or both of said courts for not less than twenty years, and who in the judgment of the sheriff of his county is incapacitated for further service in said courts, shall, if the sheriff so requests, with the approval of a majority of the justices of the court in which he serves, be retired, and shall annually receive a pension equal to one half of the compensation received by him at the time of his retirement.  No court officer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 67 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 67 - Payment of Pensions Granted Under Sec. 66 and Expenses

Section 67. Pensions granted under the preceding section and all expenses connected therewith shall be paid by the commonwealth and the several counties to the same extent and in the same proportion as the salaries of the pensioners were paid at the time of their retirement.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 71 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 71 - Annuities to Dependents of Member of Metropolitan Police Department Killed While in Performance of Duties

Section 71. Subject to the requirement of election set forth in the last paragraph of section eighty-nine, if any permanent or call officer of said police department is killed or dies within one year from injuries received while in the performance of his duty as such officer and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the commission that such death was the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring during the performance and within the scope of his duty as such officer and the attending physician or medical examiner shall certify to the state treasurer that the death was the direct result of the said injury, there shall be paid to the following dependents of such deceased officer the following annuities: To the widow, so long as she remains unmarried, an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars a year, increased by not exceeding two hundred dollars for each child of such deceased person during such time as such child is under the age of eighteen or over said age and physically or mentally incapacitated from earning; and, if there is any such child and no widow or the widow later dies, such an annuity as would have been payable to the widow had there been one or had she lived, to or for the benefit of such child, or of such children in equal shares, during the time aforesaid; and, if there is any such child and the widow remarries, in lieu of the aforesaid annuity to her, an annuity not exceeding two hundred and sixty dollars to or for the benefit of each such child during the time aforesaid; and, if there is no widow and no such child, an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars to or for the benefit of the father or mother of the deceased if dependent upon him for support at the time of his death, during such time as such beneficiary is unable to support himself or herself and does not remarry. The total amount of all such annuities shall not exceed the annual rate of compensation received by such deceased officer at the date of his death, except that if he was a call officer, said total amount shall not exceed the annual rate of compensation payable to a permanent officer of said police department for the first year of service therein. The amount of any such annuity shall, from time to time, be determined within the limits aforesaid by the said commission. The provisions of this section as to pensions or annuities for disability or death resulting from injuries received in the performance of duty shall apply to officers assigned to duty under the colonel of state police as provided in section four of chapter one hundred and forty-seven.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 72 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 72 - Appropriations for Pensions

Section 72. Pensions and annuities granted under the three preceding sections and any expenses connected therewith shall, except as hereinafter provided, be paid out of the appropriations for the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund; provided, that such pensions, annuities and expenses shall not be paid out of any general appropriations made for the maintenance of reservations or boulevards under the care and control of said commission, but shall be provided for by specific appropriations for the purpose. Pensions or annuities paid on account of disability or death of officers assigned to duty under the colonel of state police shall be paid out of the ordinary revenue of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 74 - Scrubwomen in State House

Section 74. Any woman who entered the continuous employ of the superintendent of buildings or the sergeant-at-arms as a cleaner and scrubwoman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, if she has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ for not less than fifteen years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, or any such employee if she has been in such employ for not less than ten years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor by reason of any injury received in the performance of her duties, may, with the approval of the superintendent, be retired from service, and if so retired she shall receive from the commonwealth for the remainder of her life the sum of three dollars per week.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 75 - Pensions for Probation Officers

Section 75. Any probation officer whose whole time is given to the duties of his office shall, at his request, be retired from active service and placed upon a pension roll by the appropriate county retirement board, established under section twenty, or in the case of Suffolk county, the Boston retirement board, upon recommendation of the court upon which it is his duty to attend with the approval, in the case of a probation officer in a district court, the municipal court of the city of Boston, or the Boston juvenile court, of the county commissioners of the county in which the court is situated; provided, that he is certified in writing by a physician designated by such court to be permanently disabled, mentally or physically, for further service by reason of injuries or illness sustained or incurred through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty as such officer. Any such probation officer who has faithfully performed his duties for not less than twenty consecutive years, and who is not less than sixty years of age, shall be retired at his request without the aforesaid certification. Every probation officer shall be retired upon attaining the age of seventy.  No probation officer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of this section.