Bill S.1068

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1572        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1068

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John A. Hart, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
              Court assembled:

              The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the retirement of officers in the Department o f the State Police.

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01495 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to the retirement of officers in the Department of the State Police.


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

              SECTION 1. Section 26 of chapter 32, as most recently amended by chapter   149 of the acts of 2004, is hereby amended by inserting after subparagraph 3(a) the following new subparagraph:-

Section 26(3)(d):  Notwithstan ding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, a member of the state police association of Massachusetts electing to retire upon or during their twenty-fifth year of service, or any such member with over twenty-five years of service ele cting to retire before December 31, 2010, shall receive a cost of living adjustment in each of their initial ten years of retirement equal to three percent of the total retirement allowance in the preceding year as provided for in sections twelve and thirt een and section twenty-six of chapter thirty-two.