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H2917 • 2025

An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District

An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Paul McMurtry
Last action
2026-05-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District

An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2917) of Paul McMurtry for legislation to further regulate the buy back of creditable service in the retirement system of Norfolk County by certain Dedham-Westwood Water District employees.
  • Public Service.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-12 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 76 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-05-04 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  5. 2025-11-05 House

    Read third, amended and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-09-18 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  7. 2025-09-18 House

    Rules suspended

  8. 2025-09-18 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  9. 2025-08-25 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  10. 2025-05-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  11. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  12. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to employees of the Dedham Westwood Water District
By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2917) of Paul McMurtry for legislation to further regulate the buy back of creditable service in the retirement system of Norfolk County by certain Dedham-Westwood Water District employees. Public Service.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2917

Section 1. Chapter 192 of the Acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking sections 2 and 3 and inserting the following:

Section 2. Within 60 days after the effective date of the provisions of this act, the Norfolk county retirement system shall submit a request to the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission seeking a legal determination from the Commission’s tax counsel on whether this act may be implemented without impairing the compliance of the Norfolk county retirement system or the public employee retirement administration commission with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as qualified pension systems. The Norfolk county retirement system shall submit all relevant and necessary documentation to the Commission to assist in responding to the request.

Section 3. (a) Section 1 shall not take effect unless the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission receives a favorable letter of determination or a ruling from the Commission’s tax counsel, which states that the purchase of service time described in this section shall not result in noncompliance of the Norfolk county retirement system or the public employee retirement administration commission with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (b) Within 60 days after receiving a favorable letter of determination or ruling from the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, the Norfolk county retirement system shall notify the members of their eligibility for and the costs associated with this purchase of service. Within 120 days after receiving notification of eligibility, members shall purchase the service in 1 lump sum or enter into an installment agreement to pay for the service.

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