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MA Gen L ch 32 § 44c (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 44c - Dental Assistants, Retirement by Cities or Towns

Section 44C. A city having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, any other city by vote of the city council subject to the provisions of its charter, and a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting, may direct the appropriate city or town retirement board to retire at his own request any dental assistant whose employment began before July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and who has been in such employ for not less than thirty-five years, or who has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ for not less than twenty-five years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for service or labor, or who has completed a service of not less than fifteen years and is physically or mentally incapacitated for service or labor by reasons of injury received in the performance of his duties for such city or town; and if so retired his pension shall be equal to seventy-two per cent of the annual rate of compensation payable to such employee on the date of his retirement and shall be payable out of the appropriation for the support of public schools, or the payment of dental assistants.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 45 (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 45 - Applicability of Sec. 44 to City of Boston; Acceptance by Other Cities and Towns

Section 45. Section forty-four shall not apply to Boston, but shall apply to any other city upon its acceptance prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six by the mayor and city council, and to any town upon its acceptance prior to said date by the town at a meeting.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 45a (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 45a - Amount of Pension Payable to Person Retired Under Sec. 44

Section 45A. In any city or town to which section forty-four applies and which accepts this section in the manner set forth in section forty-five, the pension payable to a person retired under said section forty-four shall be one half of the highest salary or other compensation received by him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 45b (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 45b - School Janitors and School Custodians in Certain Cities and Towns

Section 45B. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section, a school janitor or school custodian who was in the employ of the school department of such city or town prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and on or after said date has been, or hereafter shall be, promoted to a supervisory position in the janitorial or custodial service of such school department, shall not by reason of the acceptance of such promotion forfeit his right, if any, to a non-contributory pension under the provisions of said sections forty-four and forty-five A.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 45c (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 45c - Amount of Pension Payable to Person With More Than 20 Years of Service Retired Under Sec. 44

Section 45C. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided, the pension payable to a person retired under said section forty-four shall be one half of the highest annual compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of his retirement if he has completed twenty years of service, and an additional amount equal to one per cent of said annual compensation for each year of service after the first twenty; provided, that the total amount of such pension shall in no case exceed sixty-five per cent of said annual compensation.  This section shall take effect in a city having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, and in the case of any other city by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 46 (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 46 - Officers and Employees of Correctional Institutions; Prerequisites to Retirement

Section 46. The state board of retirement upon the recommendation of the commissioner of correction may retire from active service and place upon a pension roll any officer of the Massachusetts correctional institutions or any jail or house of correction, or any person employed to instruct the prisoners in any Massachusetts correctional institution, as provided in section fifty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, or any other employee of the Massachusetts state correctional institutions, who has attained the age of sixty-five and has been employed in prison service in the commonwealth, with a good record for not less than twenty years; or who, without fault of his own, has become permanently disabled by injuries sustained in the performance of his duty; or who has performed faithful prison service for not less than thirty years; provided, that no officer of any jail or house of correction shall so be retired except upon the recommendation of the sheriff and county commissioners of the county, except in the county of Suffolk, where the recommendations as to the officers of the jail shall be made by the sheriff and the mayor of Boston, and, as to the officers of the house of correction, by the penal institutions commissioner and the mayor of Boston; and provided, further, that no such officer, instructor or employee shall be retired unless he began employment as such in one of the above-named institutions or the prison camp and hospital, or as an officer or instructor in one of the institutions named in section forty-seven, on or before June seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven. The word ''officer'', as used in this section and sections forty-seven and forty-eight, shall extend to include prison officer, correction officer and matron.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 47 (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 47 - Computation of Time of Service

Section 47. An officer, instructor or employee in any institution named in section forty-six shall, for the purpose of retirement thereunder, be credited with all the time which he has served as such in any of said institutions or in the prison camp and hospital, or as an officer or instructor at the industrial or Lyman school for boys, the industrial school for girls, the Suffolk school for boys or any county training school, if he has not been discharged for misconduct from any of said institutions, or, if so discharged, it was afterward found that he was not at fault; and the restoration to duty or reappointment in the institution from which he was discharged shall be sufficient evidence for his exoneration.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 48 (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 48 - Amount of Pension

Section 48. An officer, instructor or employee who is retired under section forty-six shall be allowed a pension equal to one half of the salary which he was receiving at his retirement. In computing the salary of such an officer, instructor or employee who receives a non-cash allowance in the form of full or partial boarding or housing, the commissioner of correction shall add to the cash payment for regular services an amount which, in case of full boarding and housing, shall not exceed seven dollars a week and, in case of partial housing and boarding, shall not exceed a fair proportion of such amount. The pension, in the case of an officer, instructor or employee of a correctional institution of the commonwealth shall be paid in monthly instalments by the commonwealth; and in the case of an officer or instructor of a jail or house of correction, the pension shall be paid in monthly instalments by the county.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 52 (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 52 - Veterans of Indian Wars in Municipal Service

Section 52. A veteran of the Indian wars who has been in the service of any city or town for ten years, if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from active service by the city council or the selectmen at one half the rate of the average compensation paid to him during the two years immediately preceding his retirement.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 53 (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 53 - Veterans of Indian Wars Employed Jointly by Two Municipalities

Section 53. A veteran of the Indian wars who is employed jointly by two municipalities, if incapacitated for active duty, may be retired from active service by the joint action of the governing bodies thereof, whether the city council or selectmen, as the case may be, at one half the rate of the average compensation paid to him during the two years immediately preceding his retirement, one half of the said retiring compensation to be paid by each of the municipalities employing him; provided, that no veteran shall be retired under this section unless he has been in the service of the two municipalities, as aforesaid, for a period of not less than ten years preceding the time of his retirement. But a period of employment by either one of said municipalities immediately preceding his employment by both jointly shall be reckoned as a part of the said ten years.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 54 (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 54 - Acceptance of Two Preceding Sections

Section 54. The two preceding sections shall be in effect in any city which by vote of the city council or in any town which at a town meeting accepts them or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 55 (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 55 - Acceptance of Secs. 52 and 53 Subject to Mayor's Veto

Section 55. The action of any city council in regard either to the acceptance of sections fifty-two and fifty-three or to the retiring of any veteran under authority thereof shall be subject to veto by the mayor and to passage over his veto in the manner provided by the charter of the city.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 56 (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 56 - Retirement of Veteran if Incapacitated

Section 56. A veteran, as defined in section one, in sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, called a veteran, who is in the service of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district or any housing authority or any redevelopment authority thereof, shall be retired, with the consent of the retiring authority, if incapacitated for active service, at one half of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any allowance for maintenance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source; provided, that he has been in the said service at least ten years, with a further allowance of one per cent of said annual rate of compensation for each additional year of service, but not to exceed sixty-five per cent in any case; and further provided, that he has a total income from all sources, exclusive of such retirement allowance and of any sum received from the government of the United States as a pension for war service, not exceeding one thousand dollars.  Any allowance for maintenance referred to in this section or in section fifty-seven or fifty-eight, if received otherwise than as a cash payment, shall be in an amount equal to the value thereof as fixed by the personnel administrator if the veteran is in the employ of the commonwealth, by the county personnel board if the veteran is in the employ of a county, and by the retiring authority if the veteran is in the employ of a city, town or district.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 57 (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 57 - Retirement of Veteran After Ten Years' Service

Section 57. A veteran, including an army nurse, who has been in the service of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district or any housing authority or any redevelopment authority thereof, for a total period of ten years in the aggregate, may, upon petition to the retiring authority, be retired, in the discretion of said authority, from active service, at one half of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any allowance for maintenance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source, with a further allowance of one per cent for each additional year of service over ten, but not to exceed sixty-five per cent in any case, if he is found by said authority to have become incapacitated for active service; provided, that he has a total income from all sources, exclusive of such retirement allowance and of any sum received from the government of the United States as a pension for war service, not exceeding one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 57a (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 57a - Certain Provisions of Secs. 6, 8 and 16 Applicable to Certain Veterans

Section 57A. The provisions of subdivision (3) of section six, the provisions of section eight and the provisions of subdivision (4) of section sixteen, shall apply to any veteran whose retirement is to become effective on or after January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, under the provisions of section fifty-six or fifty-seven; provided, that the retiring authority shall act in place of the retirement board in the case of any such veteran so retired; and provided, that the expense of any medical examination of any such veteran shall be paid from the same source from which his compensation was paid.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 57b (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 57b - Retirement of Police or Fire Department Members Under Secs. 56 to 60; Creditable Service; Effective Date of Section

Section 57B. A member of a police or fire department of a city, town or a fire or water district who retires under sections 56 to 60, inclusive and who was appointed a reserve police officer or call fire fighter shall, for the purpose of retirement, be entitled to count as creditable service the person's service as a reserve police officer or call fire fighter as the retiring authority shall determine.  This section shall take effect: (i) in a city having a Plan E charter, when accepted by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the city council and approved by the city manager; (ii) in the case of other cities, by a 2/3 vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; and (iii) in a town, or district by a majority vote at the annual town meeting or district meeting.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 58 (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 58 - Retirement of Veteran After Thirty Years' Service

Section 58. A veteran who has been in the service of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district or any housing authority or any redevelopment authority, for a total period of thirty years in the aggregate, shall, at his own request, with the approval of the retiring authority, be retired from active service at seventy-two per cent of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any maintenance allowance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 58a (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 58a - Wartime Service in Armed Forces as Creditable Service

Section 58A. A veteran eligible to retirement under section fifty-six, fifty-seven or fifty-eight, who was employed in the service of the commonwealth, or any county, city, town or district or any housing authority or any redevelopment authority thereof, prior to his entry into wartime service as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, and upon whose discharge or release therefrom was reinstated or reemployed within two years in his former position or in a similar position or when employed in any governmental unit in a position which is subject to the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, shall have credited to him as creditable service the period of his wartime service until the date of his discharge or release from such service, which shall include credit for any actual service in the armed forces between January first, nineteen hundred and forty and the termination of the Selective Service Act of 1948; provided, however, that such service shall not be construed to include service for more than four years unless such further period of service in excess of four years was involuntary service required by the government of the United States or unless such service in excess of four years was rendered prior to July first, nineteen hundred and sixty-four and such veteran was reinstated or reemployed on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.  Any such veteran who was employed in the service of the commonwealth or any county, city, town or district thereof and who was a member of a reserve component of the armed forces which was called to active duty by order of the president of the United States shall have credited to him as creditable service the period of such active duty performed between October first, nineteen hundred and sixty-one and the termination of the Selective Service Act of 1948, provided that upon the termination of such active duty or his discharge or release therefrom he was reinstated or reemployed within two years in his former position or a similar position.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 58c (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 58c - Retirement Allowances of Policemen and Firemen Retiring Under Sec. 58

Section 58C. In any city, town or district which accepts this section, if any veteran who retires under section fifty-eight is a member of the police department or a permanent member of the fire department of such city, town or district, respectively, he shall, in lieu of the retirement allowance provided in said section fifty-eight, receive a retirement allowance, if he retires before attaining age sixty, equal to seventy per cent, before attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-one per cent, or after attaining age sixty-one equal to seventy-two per cent, of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any maintenance allowance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 58d (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 58d - Retirement Allowances of Employees Retiring Under Sec. 58 Other Than Policemen and Firemen

Section 58D. In any city or town which accepts this section, if any city or town employee, other than a member of the police department or a permanent member of the fire department, who is a veteran, retires under section fifty-eight, he shall, in lieu of the retirement allowance provided in said section fifty-eight, receive a retirement allowance, if he retires before attaining age sixty, equal to seventy per cent, after attaining age sixty and before attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-one per cent, or after attaining age sixty-one, equal to seventy-two per cent, of the highest annual rate of compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including any maintenance allowance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 59 (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 59 - ''retiring Authority'' Defined

Section 59. The words ''retiring authority'', as used in sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, shall mean as to the commonwealth, the state board of retirement; as to a county, city, town, district or regional school district, the appropriate retirement board established under section twenty, having jurisdiction in the governmental unit in which a veteran was employed at the time of his retirement or death, or, if there is no such board in the case of a town, the selectmen; or, in the case of a district, the prudential committee; or, in the case of a regional school district, the regional district school committee; or, in the case of a housing authority, the housing authority; or in the case of any redevelopment authority, the redevelopment authority.