RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS
M.G.L. pt. Part I, tit. Title IV, ch. c. 32
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sectionc. 32, § 1. Definitionssectionc. 32, § 2. Description of systemssectionc. 32, § 3. Membershipsectionc. 32, § 3A. Ineligible employees; deferred compensation programsectionc. 32, § 4. Creditable servicesectionc. 32, § 5. Superannuation retirementsectionc. 32, § 5A. Wellness programsectionc. 32, § 5B. Early intervention plans; rehabilitation planssectionc. 32, § 6. Ordinary disability retirementsectionc. 32, § 7. Accidental disability retirementsectionc. 32, § 8. Evaluation and reexamination of members retired for disabilitysectionc. 32, § 9. Accidental death benefitsectionc. 32, § 10. Resignation, failure of reappointment, removal or dischargesectionc. 32, § 11. Return of accumulated total deductions and amounts due beneficiaries of deceased memberssectionc. 32, § 12. Options on retirementsectionc. 32, § 12A. Payment of allowances to certain beneficiaries pending determination of accidental death benefitssectionc. 32, § 12B. Spouse and children; survivor benefitssectionc. 32, § 12C. Widow and children survivor benefits; manner of payment; contributionssectionc. 32, § 12D. Payment of benefits in accordance with requirements of Internal Revenue Codesectionc. 32, § 13. Payment of allowancessectionc. 32, § 14. Effect of workers' compensation benefitssectionc. 32, § 14A. Third party recoverysectionc. 32, § 15. Dereliction of duty by memberssectionc. 32, § 16. Involuntary retirement; right to a hearing; right of review or appealsectionc. 32, § 17. Action on behalf of incompetent memberssectionc. 32, § 18. Filing of statements and reports; protection against fraudsectionc. 32, § 19. Exemption from taxation, attachments and assignments; exceptionsectionc. 32, § 19A. Assignment of retirement allowances for payment of certain subscriber premiums, income taxes or support orders; deduction for payment of premiums for coverage under chapter 32Bsectionc. 32, § 19B. Withholding for payment of insurance premiums; certification of eligible members; death; payment of benefitssectionc. 32, § 19C. Annuity, retirement allowance, etc. subject to child support obligations; payments to IV–D agencysectionc. 32, § 20. Administration by boardssectionc. 32, § 20A. Civil action against board member; expenses and damages; indemnificationsectionc. 32, § 20B. Indemnificationsectionc. 32, § 20C. Retirement board member statement of financial interestsectionc. 32, § 21. Supervision by public employee retirement administration commissionsectionc. 32, § 21A. Debarment or suspension of contractors or vendorssectionc. 32, § 22. Methods of financingsectionc. 32, § 22B. Reduction of unfunded pension liabilitysectionc. 32, § 22C. Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund; funding schedules; appropriationssectionc. 32, § 22D. Retirement system funding schedule; establishment; annual pension funding grantssectionc. 32, § 22E. Review, evaluation and financial impact of statutory adjustments to the commonwealth pension liabilitysectionc. 32, § 22F. Revised retirement system funding schedulesectionc. 32, § 23. Management of fundssectionc. 32, § 23B. Requirements applicable to retirement board contracts for the procurement of investment, actuarial, legal and accounting servicessectionc. 32, § 24. Violations of contributory retirement lawssectionc. 32, § 25. Guarantees; effects of amendments or repeal; mandamussectionc. 32, § 26. Retirement of officers in department of state policesectionc. 32, § 27. Disposition of funds as of January 1, 1946sectionc. 32, § 28. Acceptance of actsectionc. 32, § 28A. Retirement of certain officers in department of state policesectionc. 32, § 28I. State employees serving on interstate commission; continuance as members of retirement systemsectionc. 32, § 28K. Commonwealth employees; leave of absence as representative of employee organization; creditable servicesectionc. 32, § 28M. Department of correction employees; retirementsectionc. 32, § 28N. Correction or jail officers employed by county sheriffs' offices; retirementsectionc. 32, § 39. Association for providing pensionssectionc. 32, § 40. By-laws and statementssectionc. 32, § 41. Exemption from taxation; exceptionsectionc. 32, § 42. Pension fund for the retirement of teacherssectionc. 32, § 43. Retirement of teacher if incapacitatedsectionc. 32, § 44. Retirement of school janitors if incapacitatedsectionc. 32, § 44A. Retirement of janitors not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pensionsectionc. 32, § 44B. School janitors; options; widows; approvalsectionc. 32, § 44C. Dental assistants, retirement by cities or townssectionc. 32, § 45. Applicability of Sec. 44 to city of Boston; acceptance by other cities and townssectionc. 32, § 45A. Amount of pension payable to person retired under Sec. 44sectionc. 32, § 45B. School janitors and school custodians in certain cities and townssectionc. 32, § 45C. Amount of pension payable to person with more than 20 years of service retired under Sec. 44sectionc. 32, § 46. Officers and employees of correctional institutions; prerequisites to retirementsectionc. 32, § 47. Computation of time of servicesectionc. 32, § 48. Amount of pensionsectionc. 32, § 52. Veterans of Indian wars in municipal servicesectionc. 32, § 53. Veterans of Indian wars employed jointly by two municipalitiessectionc. 32, § 54. Acceptance of two preceding sectionssectionc. 32, § 55. Acceptance of Secs. 52 and 53 subject to mayor's vetosectionc. 32, § 56. Retirement of veteran if incapacitatedsectionc. 32, § 57. Retirement of veteran after ten years' servicesectionc. 32, § 57A. Certain provisions of Secs. 6, 8 and 16 applicable to certain veteranssectionc. 32, § 57B. Retirement of police or fire department members under Secs. 56 to 60; creditable service; effective date of sectionsectionc. 32, § 58. Retirement of veteran after thirty years' servicesectionc. 32, § 58A. Wartime service in armed forces as creditable servicesectionc. 32, § 58B. Election of option for benefit of surviving spouse or other beneficiary of veteransectionc. 32, § 58C. Retirement allowances of policemen and firemen retiring under Sec. 58sectionc. 32, § 58D. Retirement allowances of employees retiring under Sec. 58 other than policemen and firemensectionc. 32, § 59. ''Retiring authority'' definedsectionc. 32, § 59A. Part of service in governmental unit other than retiring unit; reimbursementsectionc. 32, § 60. Acceptance of Secs. 56 to 59; minimum period of creditable servicesectionc. 32, § 65A. Retirement or resignation of justices or judgessectionc. 32, § 65B. Pensions for special justices of district courtssectionc. 32, § 65C. Surviving spouses of judgessectionc. 32, § 65D. Retirement or resignation of judges appointed on or after Jan. 2, 1975sectionc. 32, § 65D1/2. Election of appointed justice to membership in service of a retirement systemsectionc. 32, § 65E. Retired justices of supreme judicial court; benefits; temporary servicesectionc. 32, § 65F. Retired justices of appeals court; benefits; temporary servicesectionc. 32, § 65G. Justices of trial court; benefits; temporary servicesectionc. 32, § 65H. Early retirement allowance for judgessectionc. 32, § 65I. Disability retirement for judgessectionc. 32, § 65J. Retiring judges; payments for unused vacation allowance and sick leave creditsectionc. 32, § 66. Pensions for court officerssectionc. 32, § 67. Payment of pensions granted under Sec. 66 and expensessectionc. 32, § 71. Annuities to dependents of member of metropolitan police department killed while in performance of dutiessectionc. 32, § 72. Appropriations for pensionssectionc. 32, § 74. Scrubwomen in state housesectionc. 32, § 75. Pensions for probation officerssectionc. 32, § 76. Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionmentsectionc. 32, § 76A. Amount of pension; counties liable; apportionmentsectionc. 32, § 77. Pensions for laborers; qualifications; acceptance of provisions by cities or townssectionc. 32, § 77A. Superannuation retirement; options for payment of pensionsectionc. 32, § 77B. Amount of pensions; effective datesectionc. 32, § 77C. Persons promoted to supervisory positionssectionc. 32, § 77D. Retirement of laborers not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pensionsectionc. 32, § 78. Laborers in fire, water and sewerage districts or employed by joint water boardssectionc. 32, § 78A. Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of servicesectionc. 32, § 79. Existing pensionssectionc. 32, § 80. Pensions for firemen in cities; applicability of lawsectionc. 32, § 81. Amount of pensionsectionc. 32, § 81A. Alternative provisions for retirement of firemensectionc. 32, § 81B. Amount of pensions under Sec. 81Asectionc. 32, § 82. Pensions for call memberssectionc. 32, § 83. Pensions for police in citiessectionc. 32, § 83A. Alternative provisions for retirement of police in citiessectionc. 32, § 84. Retirement of injured police officers in cities and towns having no pension systemssectionc. 32, § 85. Pensions for policemen and firemen in townssectionc. 32, § 85A. Retirement of members of fire and police department in certain townssectionc. 32, § 85B. Retirement of park board police of cities and townssectionc. 32, § 85C. Policemen and firemen excepted from lawsectionc. 32, § 85D. Retirement of call members in certain townssectionc. 32, § 85E. Alternative retirement provisions for policemen and firemen in townssectionc. 32, § 85F. Examination by medical panel prerequisite to disability retirementsectionc. 32, § 85G. Service credit on retirement of former reserve officerssectionc. 32, § 85H. Disability retirement of call or volunteer fire fighters and reserve police officerssectionc. 32, § 85H1/2. Disability retirement compensation in cities, towns or fire districts with no permanent police or fire department memberssectionc. 32, § 85I. Creditable service in retirement of certain memberssectionc. 32, § 85J. Pensions for policemen and fire fighters or their widows; optional provisionssectionc. 32, § 88. Pensions for dependents of persons killed while aiding police officers or firefighterssectionc. 32, § 89. Annuities to dependents of policemen, firemen, etc., killed in performance of dutysectionc. 32, § 89A. Annuities to dependents of public employees killed or dying from injuries in performance of dutiessectionc. 32, § 89B. Annuities to dependents of police officers or fire fighters killed in performance of dutysectionc. 32, § 89C. Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of dutysectionc. 32, § 89D. Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of dutysectionc. 32, § 89E. Accidental death benefits for volunteer emergency service providerssectionc. 32, § 90. Aged police officers not subject to certain lawssectionc. 32, § 90A. Increasing allowance of former employees retired for accidental disabilitysectionc. 32, § 90B. Waiver of pension or retirement allowancesectionc. 32, § 90C. Increasing allowance of former employees retired on superannuationsectionc. 32, § 90C1/2. Increasing allowance of former employees retired with at least twenty-five years of creditable servicesectionc. 32, § 90C3/4. Increasing allowance of former state police officers retired after at least twenty years of servicesectionc. 32, § 90D. Increasing allowance of former employees retired on ordinary disabilitysectionc. 32, § 90D1/2. Increasing allowance of member retired on superannuation, accidental disability or ordinary disability with at least 25 years of creditable servicesectionc. 32, § 90E. Increasing allowance of former employees whose classification has been abolishedsectionc. 32, § 90J. Employees age seventy or over; payment of annual physical and mental examination costs; retirement system board and local legislative body approvalsectionc. 32, § 91. Payment of pensioners for services after retirementsectionc. 32, § 91A. Adjusted pension or retirement allowancessectionc. 32, § 91B. Enforcement of Sec. 91A; wage reporting system and computer match filesectionc. 32, § 91C. Access to criminal record offender information; comparison with retirement allowances listsectionc. 32, § 92. Pension, annuity or retirement allowance; pledge, conveyance or assignment; support of pensioners becoming public chargesectionc. 32, § 92A. Support of dependents; pensioners residing outside United Statessectionc. 32, § 93. Certain pensions not affectedsectionc. 32, § 94. Impairment of health caused by hypertension or heart disease, resulting in disability or death of paid fire or police department member; presumptionsectionc. 32, § 94A. Disability or death caused by disease of lungs or respiratory tract; paid fire department member; presumptionsectionc. 32, § 94B. Disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer; paid fire member; presumptionsectionc. 32, § 95. Granting annuities to certain officials or employees not entitled to retirement allowance or pensionsectionc. 32, § 95A. Annuities to widows and children of retired employeessectionc. 32, § 95B. Annuities to widows and children of retired employeessectionc. 32, § 96. Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; amountsectionc. 32, § 97. Increase in retirement allowance, pension or annuity; approvalsectionc. 32, § 98. Advance payments, period of processing applicationsectionc. 32, § 99. Advance paymentssectionc. 32, § 100. Pensions to surviving spouses of firefighters, police officers or corrections officers killed in performance of dutiessectionc. 32, § 100A. Killed-in-line-of-duty benefitssectionc. 32, § 101. Allowance to widows of disabled public employees; supplemental annual allowancesectionc. 32, § 102. Cost-of-living; annual determination of changes; supplemental payments; adjustments in amounts of pensions and annuitiessectionc. 32, § 103. Systems other than state employees' retirement system and teachers' retirement system; cost-of living; funding schedule; annual determination of changes; supplemental paymentssectionc. 32, § 104. Section 401(a)(17) Excess Fund; Section 415 Excess Benefit Fundsectionc. 32, § 105. Reinstatementsectionc. 32, § 106. Amounts paid in lieu of vacation leave
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIV/Chapter32Fetched: 10/20/2026