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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 80 - Pensions for Firemen in Cities; Applicability of Law

Section 80. In cities, except Boston, which have accepted this section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws by vote of the city council, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, shall retire from active service and place upon the pension roll any fireman, call fireman or substitute call fireman of the city whom the city physician certifies in writing to be permanently disabled, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained or illness incurred through no fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from further performing duty as such member; or any permanent member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty-five years as such or as a call member and permanent member of said department, if in the judgment of said board such member is disabled for useful service in the department; provided, that any permanent member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for twenty-five years as aforesaid shall, at any time after attaining the age of sixty and before attaining the age of seventy, be retired at his request and shall, on attaining the age of seventy, be retired without any request on his part, and no other permanent member of said department shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of seventy. Any acceptance of this and the following section may be limited by the vote of acceptance to any one or more of the classes of firemen hereinbefore set forth.
No fireman whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 81 - Amount of Pension

Section 81. Any permanent member of a fire department retired under the preceding section shall receive an annual pension, payable weekly or monthly, equal to one half of the highest salary or other compensation received by him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement. The pension of any call or substitute call fireman retired under said section shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the same department in which he served, or, if there be no grades, his compensation shall be that of a permanent member of the department performing duties like those which he performed.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 81a - Alternative Provisions for Retirement of Firemen

Section 81A. In cities, except Boston, which have accepted this section and section eighty-one B by vote of the city council subject to the provisions of the city charter, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, shall retire from active service:
(a) Any fireman, call fireman or substitute call fireman who becomes permanently disabled, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained or illness incurred through no fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from further performing duty as such member.
(b) Any permanent member of the fire department who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously, who becomes permanently incapacitated for further duty as such member before attaining the age of sixty.
(c) Any permanent member of said department, at his request, at any time after attaining the age of sixty and before attaining the age of sixty-five if he has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously.
(d) Any permanent member of said department on attaining the age of sixty-five without any request on his part. No permanent member of said department shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of sixty-five.
No fireman whose employment began after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven shall be subject to the provisions of this section and section eighty-one B.
The provisions of sections eighty and eighty-one, or of any special law authorizing the granting of non-contributory pensions to members of the fire department thereof, shall no longer apply in any city which accepts this section and section eighty-one B.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 81b - Amount of Pensions Under Sec. 81a

Section 81B. Any permanent member of a fire department retired under the provisions of subdivision (a) of section eighty-one A shall receive an annual pension equal to seventy-two per cent of the highest annual rate of compensation or salary received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. The pension of any call fireman or substitute call fireman retired under the provisions of said paragraph (a) shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the same department in which he served, or, if there be no grades, his compensation shall be that of a permanent member of the department performing duties like those which he performed.
Any permanent member of a fire department retired under the provisions of subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of said section eighty-one A shall receive an annual pension equal to sixty per cent of the highest annual rate of 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 seventy-two per cent of said annual compensation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 82 - Pensions for Call Members

Section 82. All call members of fire departments of cities, except Boston, which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, by vote of the city council, with the approval of the mayor, who were retired for disability previous to May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall receive the same pension provided for call members of fire departments placed on the retired list under section eighty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 83 - Pensions for Police in Cities

Section 83. In every city, except Boston, which has accepted this section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, shall, at his own request or at the request of the chief or superintendent of police if, in the judgment of said board, he is disabled for useful service in said department, retire from active service and place upon a pension roll any member of the police department of such city whom the city physician of such city certifies in writing to be permanently disabled, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from further performing duty as such member, or any member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously if, in the judgment of said board, such member is disabled for useful service in the department; provided, that any permanent member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for twenty-five years as aforesaid shall, at any time after attaining the age of sixty and before attaining the age of seventy, be retired at his request and shall, on attaining the age of seventy, be retired without any request on his part, and no other permanent member of said department shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of seventy. Every member so retired shall annually receive as a pension one half the amount of the highest compensation paid since May first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one for the grade held by him at his retirement, such amount to be paid by the city, which shall appropriate money therefor.
The board of police, or the mayor in cities having no such board, may in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service in the department as he may be fitted to perform, and during such service he shall be entitled to full pay.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 83a - Alternative Provisions for Retirement of Police in Cities

Section 83A. In cities, except Boston, which have accepted this section by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the city charter, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, shall retire from active service:
(a) Any member of the police department of such city who becomes permanently disabled, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from further performing duty as such member.
(b) Any permanent member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously and becomes permanently incapacitated for further duty as such member before attaining the age of sixty.
(c) Any permanent member of said department, at his request, at any time after attaining the age of fifty-five and before attaining the age of sixty-five, if he has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously.
(d) Any permanent member of said department on attaining the age of sixty-five without any request on his part. No permanent member of said department shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of sixty-five.
Any member of said department retired under the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section shall receive an annual pension equal to seventy-two per cent of the highest annual rate of compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. Any member of said department retired under the provisions of subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of this section shall receive an annual pension equal to sixty per cent of the highest annual rate of compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of 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 seventy-two per cent of said annual compensation.
The board of police, or the mayors in cities having no such board, may in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service in the department as he may be fitted to perform and during such service he shall be entitled to be paid the difference between the rate of full pay for such employment and the rate of pension received by him.
No police officer or fireman whose employment began after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
The provisions of section eighty-three, or of any special law authorizing the granting of non-contributory pensions to members of the police department thereof, shall no longer apply to any city which accepts this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 84 - Retirement of Injured Police Officers in Cities and Towns Having No Pension Systems

Section 84. In cities which, by vote of the city council, and in towns which, by vote of the inhabitants at an annual town meeting, accept this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and which have not established a system of pensions for the members of its police department, the board or officer having authority to make appointments to the police department shall retire from further service therein any member of said department whom the city or town physician and two other physicians certify to be permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, by injuries sustained in the actual performance of duty in the department. A member who is so retired shall annually receive as a pension one half the compensation received by him at his retirement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85 - Pensions for Policemen and Firemen in Towns

Section 85. In any town which accepts this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds vote at an annual town meeting the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, or if there is no such board, the selectmen, shall retire from active service and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of the police department and any permanent member of the fire department of such town found by it or them to be permanently incapacitated, mentally or physically, for useful service in the department to which he belongs, by injuries received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty. Any permanent member of either of said departments who has performed faithful service therein for twenty-five years as aforesaid shall, at any time after attaining the age of sixty and before attaining the age of seventy, be retired at his request and shall, on attaining the age of seventy, be retired without any request on his part, and no other permanent member of either of said departments shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of seventy. If a permanent member of the police department of such a town was, prior to the establishment of a police department therein, employed in said town as a police officer by appointment under section ninety-six of chapter forty-one, the period of such appointment shall be counted as a part of his continuous service as a permanent member of its police department. Every person so retired shall annually receive from the town as a pension a sum equal to one half of the annual compensation received by him at his retirement. The selectmen may in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service in the department from which he was retired as they may deem him fitted to perform, and during such service he shall be entitled to full pay.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85a - Retirement of Members of Fire and Police Department in Certain Towns

Section 85A. In any town which accepted this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, the provisions of section eighty-five or section eighty-five E, whichever is in force therein, relative to the retirement of permanent members of the fire department and police department for incapacity shall apply to call members of its fire department and to police officers appointed under section ninety-six of chapter forty-one, except that a person retired hereunder shall annually receive from the town a pension at such rate, not exceeding five hundred dollars a year, as the town may authorize.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85b - Retirement of Park Board Police of Cities and Towns

Section 85B. In any city or town having a police force serving in its park department and which has accepted this section, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, or, if there is no such board in the case of a town, the selectmen, shall retire from active service and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of said police force found by it or them to be permanently incapacitated, mentally or physically, for useful service therein, by injuries received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty. Said board or officer may also retire and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of said police force who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously, and is not less than sixty years old, if, in its or his judgment, such member is permanently incapacitated for further service therein. If a permanent member of such a police force was, prior to his appointment thereto, employed in said city or town as a regular member of its police department, the period of such last-mentioned employment shall be counted as a part of his continuous service as a permanent member of said police force. Every person so retired shall annually receive from the city or town as a pension a sum equal to one half the amount of the annual compensation received by him at his retirement. Said board or officer may, in case of emergency, call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service as a member of such police force as he may be fitted to perform, and during such service he shall be paid the difference between the rate of full pay for such employment and the rate of pension received by him.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85c - Policemen and Firemen Excepted From Law

Section 85C. No policeman or fireman whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-five B, inclusive, or any of them.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85d - Retirement of Call Members in Certain Towns

Section 85D. In any town which accepted this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, the provisions of section eighty-five or section eighty-five E, whichever is in force therein, relative to the retirement of permanent members of the fire department for incapacity shall apply to call members of its fire department, except that the pension of any call member retired hereunder shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the fire department, or, if there be no grades, the same as that of a permanent member of the fire department performing duties like those which he performed.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85f - Examination by Medical Panel Prerequisite to Disability Retirement

Section 85F. No police officer shall be retired for either accidental or ordinary disability under section sixty-nine, and no police officer or fireman shall be retired therefor under sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, or section eighty-five H, or any of them, unless he has first been examined by a medical panel consisting of three physicians, and unless a majority of the physicians on such medical panel shall, after such examination and after a review of all the pertinent facts in the case, certify in writing that such police officer or fireman is mentally or physically incapacitated for further duty and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and, in any case involving a retirement for accidental disability, that the disability is such as might be the natural and proximate result of the accident or hazard undergone on account of which such retirement is so claimed. Such medical panel of three physicians shall be designated as provided in subsection (3)(a) of section six, except that the retiring authority shall act in place of the retirement board in the case of any police officer or fireman retired under the provisions of the aforesaid sections; and, provided further that the expense of any medical examination of any such police officer or fireman shall be paid from the same source from which his compensation was paid.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85g - Service Credit on Retirement of Former Reserve Officers

Section 85G. Any member of a police or fire department who is hereafter retired under the provisions of sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, and who was appointed a reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall, for the purposes of such retirement, be credited with the service actually rendered in any calendar year as such reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman as a part of his continuous service.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85h - Disability Retirement of Call or Volunteer Fire Fighters and Reserve Police Officers

Section 85H. The selectmen of a town and the prudential committee of a fire or water district may retire from active service any call fire fighter or reserve, special or intermittent police officer who becomes permanently disabled mentally or physically by injuries sustained through no fault of the person in the actual performance of duty as a fire fighter or police officer. A person so retired shall receive an annual pension equal to 2/3 of the annual rate of compensation payable to a regular or permanent member of the police or fire force, as the case may be, thereof for the first year of service therein and, if there are no permanent members of the police or fire force, an annual pension of $3000. If a call fire fighter or a member of a volunteer fire company in a town or a fire or water district whose service as such has been approved by the board of selectmen of the town or the prudential committee of a fire or water district or reserve or special or intermittent police officer of a town or a reserve police officer or reserve or call fire fighter of a city is disabled because of injury or incapacity sustained in the performance of the person's duty through no fault of the person and is thereby unable to perform the usual duties of the person's regular occupation at the time the injury or incapacity was incurred, the person shall receive from the city or town for the period of the injury or incapacity the amount of compensation payable to a permanent member of the police or fire force thereof, as the case may be, for the first year of service therein or, if there are no regular or permanent members of the police or fire force thereof, at the rate of $3000 per annum; provided, however, that no compensation shall be payable for any period after the police officer or fire fighter has been retired or pensioned in accordance with law or for any period after a physician designated by the board or officer authorized to appoint police officers or fire fighters in the city or town determines that the injury or incapacity no longer exists. All amounts payable under this section shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as, and for all purposes shall be considered to be, the regular compensation of the police officer or fire fighter. No city, town or fire or water district shall pay compensation under this section if insurance providing coverage for the compensation is in effect therefor under any general or special law, unless and until all rights under the insurance in favor of the city, town or fire or water district shall have been exercised, determined and satisfied.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85h1/2 - Disability Retirement Compensation in Cities, Towns or Fire Districts With No Permanent Police or Fire Department Members

Section 85H1/2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-five H or any other general or special law to the contrary, in any city, town or fire district which accepts the provisions of this section and in which there are no permanent members of a police or fire department, as the case may be, the selectmen of such town or the prudential committee of such fire district may retire from active service any call firefighter or any member of a volunteer fire company or reserve, special or intermittent police officer who becomes permanently mentally or physically disabled by injuries sustained, through no fault of his own, during the actual performance of duty as such firefighter or police officer. A person so retired shall receive an annual pension equal to two-thirds of the average annual salary of a first-year, regular, firefighter or police officer in the local area; such average to be determined by a survey of three surrounding towns, as determined by the public employee retirement administration commission. Whenever a call firefighter or member of a volunteer fire company in a town whose service as such had been approved by the prudential committee of the fire district or by the board of selectmen of such town, or a reserve, special or intermittent police officer of a town or a reserve police officer or reserve or call firefighter of a city is disabled because of injury or incapacity sustained in the performance of duty, through no fault of his own, and is thereby unable to perform the usual duties of his occupation at the time such injury or incapacity was incurred, such police officer or firefighter shall receive from the city or town, for the period of such injury or incapacity, a minimum annual allowance equal to the average annual salary of a first-year, regular firefighter or police officer in the local area, such average to be determined by a survey of three surrounding towns, as determined by the public employee retirement administration commission; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be payable for any period after such police officer or firefighter has been retired or pensioned or for any period after a physician designated by the board or officer authorized to appoint police officers or firefighters in such city or town determines that such incapacity no longer exists.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 85i - Creditable Service in Retirement of Certain Members

Section 85I. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-five G, any member of a police or fire department of a city or town which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided who is hereafter retired under the provisions of sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, and who was appointed a reserve police officer or a reserve or call fireman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, may, for the purposes of such retirement, be accredited as a part of his continuous service such service as a reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman as the retiring authority shall determine.
This section shall take effect in a city having a Plan E charter when accepted by an affirmative vote of two thirds of the city council, and approved by the city manager; in the case of other cities by a two thirds vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; and in a town by a majority vote at the annual town meeting.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 88 - Pensions for Dependents of Persons Killed While Aiding Police Officers or Firefighters

Section 88. The selectmen of any town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds vote at an annual town meeting may pay to the widow of any person aiding a police officer in the discharge of his duty by the order or request of such officer or any of the authorities of the town, or to the widow of a person doing fire duty at the request or by the order of the authorities of the town, if it has no organized fire department, or of a person performing the duties of a fireman in such town, who dies from injuries received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty, a pension not exceeding three hundred dollars a year while such widow remains unmarried, or, if there is no widow, a pension not exceeding said sum for the benefit of any of the children under sixteen of such deceased person while any such child is under the age of sixteen, and the selectmen of such town may determine the amount of such pension within said limits. No payments shall be made under this section on account of any death in respect to which compensation is payable under section eighty-nine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 89c - Annuities to Widows of Employees of Cities and Towns Killed in Line of Duty

Section 89C. The widow of any employee of a city or town who was killed, or who died from injuries received, or died as the natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, and whose death occurred prior to the effective date of any law providing benefits to his widow, shall be paid an annuity in the amount of fifteen hundred dollars so long as she remains unmarried.
This section shall become effective in a city having a Plan E or Plan D charter when accepted by a majority of the members of the city council, and in the case of other cities 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.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 89d - Annuities to Widows of Employees of Cities and Towns Killed in Line of Duty

Section 89D. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section the widow of any employee who was killed, or who died from injuries received, or died as the natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, and whose death occurred prior to the effective date of any law providing benefits to his widow, shall be paid an annuity in the amount of two thousand dollars so long as she remains unmarried.
The provisions of section eighty-nine C shall not apply to any city or town which accepts this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90 - Aged Police Officers Not Subject to Certain Laws

Section 90. No provision of sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of chapter thirty-one, or of section three of chapter two hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, shall apply in cities or towns in the case of members of police or fire departments whose services are terminated by retirement on pension or otherwise by reason of having attained age seventy.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90a - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired for Accidental Disability

Section 90A. Any city or town or the Massachusetts Port Authority which accepts the provisions of this section in the manner hereinafter provided may, in the case of a city by two thirds vote of the city council and with the approval of the mayor, or, in the case of a town, by two thirds vote at the annual town meeting or, in the case of the Massachusetts Port Authority, by vote of a majority of its members, increase the retirement allowance of any former employee thereof who has been retired under any provision of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on account of injuries sustained or of hazard undergone in the performance of his duty, to an amount not exceeding one half the rate of regular compensation payable to employees of such city or town holding similar positions, at the time of increasing such allowance, in the same grade or classification occupied by such former employee at the time of his retirement.
Any metropolitan district police officer, or state police officer who retired prior to July 1, 1992, who has been retired under any provision of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on account of injuries sustained or of hazard undergone in the performance of his duty shall have his retirement allowance increased to an amount not exceeding one half the rate of regular compensation payable to state police officers holding similar positions, at the time of increasing such allowance, in the comparable grade or classification, as determined by the personnel administrator occupied by such former officer at the time of his retirement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90b - Waiver of Pension or Retirement Allowance

Section 90B. Any person retired from the service of the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, under any provision of any general or special law or any person claiming under any such retired employee whether as beneficiary, dependent or otherwise, may waive and renounce for himself, his heirs and legal representatives any portion of the pension or retirement allowance payable to him from the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, for such period as he may specify in such waiver and renunciation. Such person may, in lieu of specifying an exact period of time in such waiver and renunciation, include a provision that such shall remain in effect until further notice.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90c - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired on Superannuation

Section 90C. Any city, town or district or the Massachusetts Port Authority which accepts the provision of this section in the manner hereinafter provided may, in the case of a city by two thirds vote of the city council and with the approval of the mayor, or in the case of a town by two thirds vote at the annual town meeting, or in a district by a two thirds vote of its prudential committee or, in the case of the Massachusetts Port Authority, by vote of a majority of its members, increase the retirement allowance of any former employee retired under any provision of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on account of superannuation after having attained 25 years of creditable service to an amount not exceeding one half the rate of regular compensation payable to employees of such city, town or district holding similar positions at the time of increasing such allowance in the same grade or classification occupied by such former employee at the time of his retirement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90c1/2 - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired With at Least Twenty-Five Years of Creditable Service

Section 90C1/2. A state employee or member of the state teachers' retirement system who has been retired under the provisions of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on a superannuation, accidental disability or ordinary disability retirement allowance and who has completed at least 25 years of creditable service shall have his retirement allowance increased to an amount not to exceed $15,000; provided, however, that such allowance shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of section 102.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90c3/4 - Increasing Allowance of Former State Police Officers Retired After at Least Twenty Years of Service

Section 90C3/4. A former state or metropolitan district police officer, retired before July 1, 1992, who has been retired under this chapter or similar provision or earlier law on account of superannuation after having served in the state or metropolitan district police force for a period of not less than 20 years shall have his retirement allowance increased to an amount not exceeding one-half the rate of regular compensation payable to state police officers holding similar positions, at the time of increasing the allowance, in the comparable grade or classification occupied by the former officer at the time of his retirement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90d - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired on Ordinary Disability

Section 90D. Any city, town or district or the Massachusetts Port Authority which has accepted the provisions of section ninety C, and accepts the provisions of this section in the manner hereinafter provided, may, in the case of a city by a two thirds vote of the city council and with the approval of the mayor, or in the case of a town by a two thirds vote at the annual town meeting, or in a district by a two thirds vote of its prudential committee or, in the case of the Massachusetts Port Authority, by vote of a majority of its members, increase the retirement allowance of any former employee retired under any provision of this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on account of ordinary disability after having served such city, town or district for a period of not less than twenty-five years to an amount not exceeding one half the rate of regular compensation payable to employees of such city, town or district holding similar positions at the time of increasing such allowance in the same grade or classification occupied by such former employee at the time of his retirement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90d1/2 - Increasing Allowance of Member Retired on Superannuation, Accidental Disability or Ordinary Disability With at Least 25 Years of Creditable Service

Section 90D1/2. Any retirement system of a city, town, county, region, district or authority may, upon the majority vote of the board of such system and by the local legislative body, increase the retirement allowance of any member of the retirement system, who has been retired under this chapter or similar provision of earlier law on a superannuation, accidental disability or ordinary disability retirement allowance and who has completed at least 25 years of creditable service, to an amount not to exceed $15,000. For the purposes of this section, a vote of the legislative body shall take place in the following manner: in a city, by a vote the city council subject to its charter; in a town, by a vote at a town meeting; in a county, by a vote of the county retirement board advisory council; in a region, by a vote of the regional retirement board advisory council; in a district, by a vote of the district members; and for an authority, by a vote of its governing body.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90e - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Whose Classification Has Been Abolished

Section 90E. If the classification under which a former employee retired has been abolished since his retirement, a city, town or district or the Massachusetts Port Authority, which accepts the provisions of sections ninety A, ninety C or ninety D, may increase the retirement allowance of such employee to an amount as nearly equal as possible to the increases which have been made and which shall be made in the retirement allowance of employees who were retired in the same grade as such former employee regardless of classification.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 90j - Employees Age Seventy or Over; Payment of Annual Physical and Mental Examination Costs; Retirement System Board and Local Legislative Body Approval

Section 90J. In any city, town, county, district or authority retirement system accepting the provisions of this section, the retirement system shall pay the costs for the annual physical and mental examination of any member serving beyond age seventy pursuant to the provisions of section ninety F, ninety G or ninety H. Such payments shall be made from and charged to the expense fund of the system. Acceptance of this section shall take effect by majority vote of the retirement board, subject to the approval of the local legislative body. For the purposes of this section, legislative body shall mean the town meeting for the purposes of a town system, the city council subject to the provisions of its charter in a city system, the district meeting in a district system, the county commissioners in a county system, and the governing body of the authority in an authority system. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certificate of acceptance with the commissioner.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 91b - Enforcement of Sec. 91a; Wage Reporting System and Computer Match File

Section 91B. To facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of section ninety-one A by the public employee retirement administration commission, there shall be a wage reporting system and computer match file, which shall be operated in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(A) On an annual basis, the public employee retirement administration commission shall provide to the department of revenue such information as may be agreed upon pursuant to the terms of an interagency agreement between the department of revenue and the public employee retirement administration commission.
(B) The department of revenue shall compare such lists with data furnished to it in accordance with section ninety-one A, so as to determine if persons retired or pensioned and subject to the provisions of said section ninety-one A have complied with said section. Upon receipt of such information, the commission shall notify the respective retirement board which shall take the appropriate formal action provided for under this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 91c - Access to Criminal Record Offender Information; Comparison With Retirement Allowances List

Section 91C. The public employee retirement administration commission is hereby deemed to be an agency required to have access to criminal record offender information pursuant to clause (b) of section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter six. On at least an annual basis, the commission shall compare lists of all those receiving retirement allowances pursuant to sections six and seven with the information obtained pursuant to clause (b) of said section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter six. In the event said comparison gives the commission reason to believe that action should be taken in accordance with sections six or seven of this chapter, the commission shall notify the appropriate retirement board.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 92 - Pension, Annuity or Retirement Allowance; Pledge, Conveyance or Assignment; Support of Pensioners Becoming Public Charge

Section 92. Any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of any right, claim or interest in any pension, annuity or retirement allowance from the commonwealth or any county, city, or town shall be void, except such assignment made in writing by a retired person authorizing the retiring authority to withhold each month such amount as he may designate for the payment of subscriber premiums applicable to any hospitalization, medical or surgical insurance in effect with a non-profit hospital and medical service corporation or insurance company at the time of his retirement. Whoever is a party to such pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of any right, claim or interest in any pension, annuity or retirement allowance or pension certificate from the commonwealth or any county, city or town, or holds the same as collateral security for any debt or promise, or upon any pretext of such security or promise, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. If a person receiving a pension, annuity or retirement allowance becomes a charge upon the commonwealth, or any county, city or town thereof, the expense incurred by the commonwealth, or any such county, city or town, for his maintenance and support shall, unless otherwise paid, be deducted from such pension, annuity or retirement allowance as it becomes due and payable, and the amount of such deduction shall thereupon be paid to the department, board, commission or officer by whom or under whose authority such expense was incurred.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions › Section 92a - Support of Dependents; Pensioners Residing Outside United States

Section 92A. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall make an order for the support of the wife, child and children of a recipient of a pension or annuity or retirement allowance under this chapter, and such recipient removes from the commonwealth and resides without the United States said amounts of said court order shall be deducted from aforesaid pension, annuity or retirement allowance as it becomes due and payable and the amount of such deductions shall thereupon be paid to the person or persons, board or officer designated by aforesaid court order. Said amounts shall be paid until such time as the recipient shall present an order of court revoking or amending the original order of the court.