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State employees and former correctional officer press committee for buyback and pension increases
Summary
A MassDOT employee asked the Joint Committee on Public Safety to allow transfer and buyback of MBTA retirement contributions into the state retirement system; a former correctional officer asked for special legislation to raise a disability pension tied to decades‑old line‑of‑duty injuries.
Two public safety‑related retirement requests were presented to the Joint Committee on Public Safety: a state employee seeking permission to buy back prior MBTA service into the State Retirement system, and a former correctional officer seeking a special legislative increase to his disability pension.
Joseph Suppa asked the committee to approve H 4147, a bill he said would allow him to transfer contributions he paid into the MBTA retirement system to the…
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