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Committee hears bill to allow creditable service buyback for Nathan R. McKinnon
Summary
Representative Jim Arciero presented House Bill 2741 to let Nathan R. McKinnon purchase credible service for time working in the Nevada System of Higher Education; McKinnon told the committee existing rules block buyback for employees in Nevada’s defined-contribution system.
Representative Jim Arciero introduced House Bill 2741, which would authorize the State Board of Retirement to grant credible service to Nathan R. McKinnon.
Arciero said McKinnon is his constituent, a Massachusetts public higher education administrator, and a former colleague who seeks to have time worked in the Nevada System of Higher Education recognized as credible service in the Massachusetts State Employees’ Retirement System.
Nathan R. McKinnon testified in support. He said he “first entered state service on 07/01/2005,” and that he worked in Nevada from 2017 to 2021 as vice chancellor of community colleges. He told the committee that Mass. Gen. Laws chapter 32, section 3(4) permits a buyback for certain out‑of‑state teaching service, but existing rules and Nevada’s mandatory defined‑contribution policy prevented him from purchasing that time when he returned to Massachusetts.
McKinnon said the bill would allow him to “purchase with interest as credible service for the time I worked explicitly for the Nevada System of Higher Education between 2017 and 2021.” He also told the committee he returned intending to make Massachusetts his permanent home and had no intent to leave.
Committee members asked only brief follow-up questions. The measure would give the State Board of Retirement authority to treat the Nevada service as credible and permit repayment either in installments or a lump sum; the testimony described the request as specific to McKinnon’s circumstances rather than a broad rule change.
No formal committee vote occurred during the hearing; sponsors requested a favorable report so the board could consider granting the creditable service if authorized by law.
