An Act authorizing public employees' creditable retirement service

HD 3140 amends a section of the General Laws to increase the required service period for public employees to earn credit toward retirement benefits, changing the requirement from 4 years to 10 years. This change directly affects public employees covered by the retirement system governed by this law. The key provision modifies a specific statutory section (section 4 of chapter 32) to adjust the calculation of creditable service time. The bill makes a concrete, technical change to retirement eligibility rules without altering benefit amounts or funding mechanisms.