H5498 • 2025

An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks

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Sponsor: Mark J. Cusack
Last action: 2026-07-14
Official status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks

An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Mark J.

What This Bill Does

An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Mark J.
Cusack relative to creditable service for Thomas Brooks.
Public Service.
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service

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Bill History

2026-07-14 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 07/14/2026 from 11:00 AM-11:20 AM in A-1 Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-06-30 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 11:00 AM-04:00 PM in A-1
2026-06-11 Senate
Senate concurred
2026-06-08 House
Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Public Service
2025-08-21 House
Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the grant of creditable service to Thomas Brooks
By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Mark J. Cusack relative to creditable service for Thomas Brooks. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Public Service

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Bill H.5498

Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the retirement board of the City of Boston shall credit Thomas Brooks with creditable service for the period of May 1999 to March 2002, inclusive, for the purpose of determining his superannuation retirement allowance under paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. During this time, Thomas Brooks served as a police officer for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority police department. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective for Thomas Brooks, he shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system of the city in 1 sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from his regular compensation for such previous service.

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