Payment of Certain Pensions
SECTION 77.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, pension benefits authorized pursuant to chapters 712 and 721 of the acts of 1981, chapter 154 of the acts of 1983, chapter 67 of the acts of 1988, and chapter 621 of the acts of 1989, for the compensation of veterans who may be retired by the state board of retirement, including individuals formerly in the service of the division of employment security whose compensation for that service was paid in full from a grant from the federal government and for the cost of medical examinations in connection therewith, for pensions of retired judges or their widows or widowers, for retirement allowances of certain employees formerly in the service of the administrative division of the metropolitan district commission, for retirement allowances of certain veterans and police officers formerly in the service of the metropolitan district commission, for retirement allowances of certain veterans formerly in the service of the metropolitan sewerage district, for retirement allowances of certain veterans formerly in the service of the metropolitan water system and for annuities for widows or widowers of certain former members of the uniformed branch of the state police shall be funded from the Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund, established in subdivision (8) of section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.