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This bill provides a 2026 special ad hoc postretirement adjustment for retired municipal police officers and firefighters with specific eligibility criteria. To qualify, a retiree must have terminated active employment with a municipality as a police officer or firefighter, be receiving a retirement benefit from a municipal retirement system based on that employment, and have begun receiving the benefit before January 1, 2016. The monthly adjustment varies based on years of retirement: $250 for those retired 10-15 years, $375 for those retired 15-20 years, and $500 for those retired 20 or more years. If a retiree receives adjustments from multiple municipal retirement systems, the total cannot exceed the specified amount. The bill also reduces the adjustment annually by 65% of any postretirement adjustments received between 2002 and 2025. The Commonwealth will reimburse municipalities for the amortization contribution requirement attributable to these adjustments, subject to certain conditions such as timely certification of information to the Auditor General. Municipalities receiving reimbursement must deposit the funds into their general fund, and the adjustment will be effective for retirement benefit payments made after January 1, 2026, with provisions to include any missed payments retroactively.

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