Section 45B. In any city or town which has accepted sections forty-four and forty-five A in the manner set forth in section forty-five and which accepts this section, a school janitor or school custodian who was in the employ of the school department of such city or town prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and on or after said date has been, or hereafter shall be, promoted to a supervisory position in the janitorial or custodial service of such school department, shall not by reason of the acceptance of such promotion forfeit his right, if any, to a non-contributory pension under the provisions of said sections forty-four and forty-five A.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions
Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions
Section 2 - Description of Systems
Section 3a - Ineligible Employees; Deferred Compensation Program
Section 4 - Creditable Service
Section 5 - Superannuation Retirement
Section 5b - Early Intervention Plans; Rehabilitation Plans
Section 6 - Ordinary Disability Retirement
Section 7 - Accidental Disability Retirement
Section 8 - Evaluation and Reexamination of Members Retired for Disability
Section 9 - Accidental Death Benefit
Section 10 - Resignation, Failure of Reappointment, Removal or Discharge
Section 12 - Options on Retirement
Section 12b - Spouse and Children; Survivor Benefits
Section 12c - Widow and Children Survivor Benefits; Manner of Payment; Contributions
Section 12d - Payment of Benefits in Accordance With Requirements of Internal Revenue Code
Section 13 - Payment of Allowances
Section 14 - Effect of Workers' Compensation Benefits
Section 14a - Third Party Recovery
Section 15 - Dereliction of Duty by Members
Section 16 - Involuntary Retirement; Right to a Hearing; Right of Review or Appeal
Section 17 - Action on Behalf of Incompetent Members
Section 18 - Filing of Statements and Reports; Protection Against Fraud
Section 19 - Exemption From Taxation, Attachments and Assignments; Exception
Section 20 - Administration by Boards
Section 20a - Civil Action Against Board Member; Expenses and Damages; Indemnification
Section 20c - Retirement Board Member Statement of Financial Interest
Section 21 - Supervision by Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission
Section 21a - Debarment or Suspension of Contractors or Vendors
Section 22 - Methods of Financing
Section 22b - Reduction of Unfunded Pension Liability
Section 22c - Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund; Funding Schedules; Appropriations
Section 22d - Retirement System Funding Schedule; Establishment; Annual Pension Funding Grants
Section 22f - Revised Retirement System Funding Schedule
Section 23 - Management of Funds
Section 24 - Violations of Contributory Retirement Laws
Section 25 - Guarantees; Effects of Amendments or Repeal; Mandamus
Section 26 - Retirement of Officers in Department of State Police
Section 27 - Disposition of Funds as of January 1, 1946
Section 28 - Acceptance of Act
Section 28a - Retirement of Certain Officers in Department of State Police
Section 28m - Department of Correction Employees; Retirement
Section 28n - Correction or Jail Officers Employed by County Sheriffs' Offices; Retirement
Section 39 - Association for Providing Pensions
Section 40 - By-Laws and Statements
Section 41 - Exemption From Taxation; Exception
Section 42 - Pension Fund for the Retirement of Teachers
Section 43 - Retirement of Teacher if Incapacitated
Section 44 - Retirement of School Janitors if Incapacitated
Section 44b - School Janitors; Options; Widows; Approval
Section 44c - Dental Assistants, Retirement by Cities or Towns
Section 45 - Applicability of Sec. 44 to City of Boston; Acceptance by Other Cities and Towns
Section 45a - Amount of Pension Payable to Person Retired Under Sec. 44
Section 45b - School Janitors and School Custodians in Certain Cities and Towns
Section 46 - Officers and Employees of Correctional Institutions; Prerequisites to Retirement
Section 47 - Computation of Time of Service
Section 48 - Amount of Pension
Section 52 - Veterans of Indian Wars in Municipal Service
Section 53 - Veterans of Indian Wars Employed Jointly by Two Municipalities
Section 54 - Acceptance of Two Preceding Sections
Section 55 - Acceptance of Secs. 52 and 53 Subject to Mayor's Veto
Section 56 - Retirement of Veteran if Incapacitated
Section 57 - Retirement of Veteran After Ten Years' Service
Section 57a - Certain Provisions of Secs. 6, 8 and 16 Applicable to Certain Veterans
Section 58 - Retirement of Veteran After Thirty Years' Service
Section 58a - Wartime Service in Armed Forces as Creditable Service
Section 58b - Election of Option for Benefit of Surviving Spouse or Other Beneficiary of Veteran
Section 58c - Retirement Allowances of Policemen and Firemen Retiring Under Sec. 58
Section 59 - ''retiring Authority'' Defined
Section 59a - Part of Service in Governmental Unit Other Than Retiring Unit; Reimbursement
Section 60 - Acceptance of Secs. 56 to 59; Minimum Period of Creditable Service
Section 65a - Retirement or Resignation of Justices or Judges
Section 65b - Pensions for Special Justices of District Courts
Section 65c - Surviving Spouses of Judges
Section 65d - Retirement or Resignation of Judges Appointed on or After Jan. 2, 1975
Section 65d1/2 - Election of Appointed Justice to Membership in Service of a Retirement System
Section 65e - Retired Justices of Supreme Judicial Court; Benefits; Temporary Service
Section 65f - Retired Justices of Appeals Court; Benefits; Temporary Service
Section 65g - Justices of Trial Court; Benefits; Temporary Service
Section 65h - Early Retirement Allowance for Judges
Section 65i - Disability Retirement for Judges
Section 65j - Retiring Judges; Payments for Unused Vacation Allowance and Sick Leave Credit
Section 66 - Pensions for Court Officers
Section 67 - Payment of Pensions Granted Under Sec. 66 and Expenses
Section 72 - Appropriations for Pensions
Section 74 - Scrubwomen in State House
Section 75 - Pensions for Probation Officers
Section 76 - Amount of Pension; Counties Liable; Apportionment
Section 76a - Amount of Pension; Counties Liable; Apportionment
Section 77 - Pensions for Laborers; Qualifications; Acceptance of Provisions by Cities or Towns
Section 77a - Superannuation Retirement; Options for Payment of Pension
Section 77b - Amount of Pensions; Effective Date
Section 77c - Persons Promoted to Supervisory Positions
Section 78 - Laborers in Fire, Water and Sewerage Districts or Employed by Joint Water Boards
Section 78a - Laborers Subject to Provisions; Continuity of Service
Section 79 - Existing Pensions
Section 80 - Pensions for Firemen in Cities; Applicability of Law
Section 81 - Amount of Pension
Section 81a - Alternative Provisions for Retirement of Firemen
Section 81b - Amount of Pensions Under Sec. 81a
Section 82 - Pensions for Call Members
Section 83 - Pensions for Police in Cities
Section 83a - Alternative Provisions for Retirement of Police in Cities
Section 84 - Retirement of Injured Police Officers in Cities and Towns Having No Pension Systems
Section 85 - Pensions for Policemen and Firemen in Towns
Section 85a - Retirement of Members of Fire and Police Department in Certain Towns
Section 85b - Retirement of Park Board Police of Cities and Towns
Section 85c - Policemen and Firemen Excepted From Law
Section 85d - Retirement of Call Members in Certain Towns
Section 85e - Alternative Retirement Provisions for Policemen and Firemen in Towns
Section 85f - Examination by Medical Panel Prerequisite to Disability Retirement
Section 85g - Service Credit on Retirement of Former Reserve Officers
Section 85h - Disability Retirement of Call or Volunteer Fire Fighters and Reserve Police Officers
Section 85i - Creditable Service in Retirement of Certain Members
Section 85j - Pensions for Policemen and Fire Fighters or Their Widows; Optional Provisions
Section 88 - Pensions for Dependents of Persons Killed While Aiding Police Officers or Firefighters
Section 89 - Annuities to Dependents of Policemen, Firemen, etc., Killed in Performance of Duty
Section 89c - Annuities to Widows of Employees of Cities and Towns Killed in Line of Duty
Section 89d - Annuities to Widows of Employees of Cities and Towns Killed in Line of Duty
Section 89e - Accidental Death Benefits for Volunteer Emergency Service Providers
Section 90 - Aged Police Officers Not Subject to Certain Laws
Section 90a - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired for Accidental Disability
Section 90b - Waiver of Pension or Retirement Allowance
Section 90c - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired on Superannuation
Section 90d - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Retired on Ordinary Disability
Section 90e - Increasing Allowance of Former Employees Whose Classification Has Been Abolished
Section 91 - Payment of Pensioners for Services After Retirement
Section 91a - Adjusted Pension or Retirement Allowances
Section 91b - Enforcement of Sec. 91a; Wage Reporting System and Computer Match File
Section 92a - Support of Dependents; Pensioners Residing Outside United States
Section 93 - Certain Pensions Not Affected
Section 95a - Annuities to Widows and Children of Retired Employees
Section 95b - Annuities to Widows and Children of Retired Employees
Section 96 - Increase in Retirement Allowance, Pension or Annuity; Amount
Section 97 - Increase in Retirement Allowance, Pension or Annuity; Approval
Section 98 - Advance Payments, Period of Processing Application
Section 100a - Killed-in-Line-of-Duty Benefits
Section 101 - Allowance to Widows of Disabled Public Employees; Supplemental Annual Allowance
Section 104 - Section 401(a)(17) Excess Fund; Section 415 Excess Benefit Fund