{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-85i","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 85I","heading":"Creditable service in retirement of certain members","body":"Section 85I. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-five G, any member of a police or fire department of a city or town which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided who is hereafter retired under the provisions of sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, and who was appointed a reserve police officer or a reserve or call fireman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, may, for the purposes of such retirement, be accredited as a part of his continuous service such service as a reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman as the retiring authority shall determine.\nThis section shall take effect in a city having a Plan E charter when accepted by an affirmative vote of two thirds of the city council, and approved by the city manager; in the case of other cities by a two thirds vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; and in a town by a majority vote at the annual town meeting.","path":["Part I","Title IV","Chapter 32"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIV/Chapter32/Section85I","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:20Z","sha256":"44e7ed439f707700f77f85dec3369f5555178136fba35a68f3a86d76cea9e9c2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-85h","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-85j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}