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S 1883

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Mark Walczyk

Allows the State Board of Retirement to grant Paul Lemelin creditable service for 2011-2023, with buyback by Lemelin to determine his retirement allowance.

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Bill Summary · S 1883

Summary — S.1883 (Massachusetts): "An Act authorizing the State Board of Retirement to grant creditable service to Paul Lemelin"

Note on conflicting metadata: The packet you provided contains inconsistent header information (references to a different bill title, federal sponsors, and committees). This summary is based on the actual bill text and Massachusetts docket attached to Senate No. 1883 (filed 1/17/2025), which is a private/personal bill submitted by Senator Paul W. Mark regarding retirement credit for a specific employee, Paul Lemelin.

Purpose

To authorize the Massachusetts State Board of Retirement to grant creditable service to Paul Lemelin for a specified past period of employment, for the sole purpose of calculating his superannuation (service) retirement allowance under chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws.

Key provisions

  • The State Board of Retirement shall credit Paul Lemelin with creditable service for the period November 14, 2011 through January 20, 2023, inclusive, regardless of any contrary general or special law, rule, or regulation.
  • Before any retirement allowance becomes effective for Lemelin, he must pay to the State Employees’ Retirement System an amount equal to:
    • the contributions that would have been withheld under chapter 32 had he received regular compensation during that period at the annual rate of regular compensation he was receiving immediately before the period; plus
    • "buyback interest."
  • Payment may be made in a lump sum or in installments on terms and conditions determined by the State Board of Retirement.
  • The act takes effect upon passage.

Who is affected

  • Directly: Paul Lemelin, an employee of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments — the bill changes how his retirement service credit is calculated.
  • Indirectly: The State Board of Retirement and the State Employees’ Retirement System, insofar as they must process the crediting and receipt of payments; actuarial or payroll adjustments may be required.

Fiscal and legal impact

  • No explicit appropriation is included. Lemelin is required to remit employee contributions plus interest, which should offset the actuarial cost of the credited service to the retirement system.
  • The bill is a private relief measure (individual-specific) and does not create a broad policy change.

Procedural status / timeline

  • Filed in the Massachusetts Senate: January 17, 2025 (Senate Docket No. 2105 / Senate No. 1883).
  • Effective date: upon passage of the act.
  • Note: Other procedural entries in the provided metadata appear inconsistent or pertain to different measures; the principal sponsor in the MA text is Senator Paul W. Mark.

If you want, I can draft a short plain-language summary for publication or prepare questions to ask the sponsor/retirement board about actuarial assumptions and precedent for such buyback authorizations.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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