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.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, the state-Boston
retirement board is hereby authorized and directed to retire Jorge L. Torres, a
police officer of the city of Boston, who, as a police officer, on October 2,
1987, is totally and permanently incapacitated from further service as
a police officer. The annual amount of pension payable to Jorge L. Torres
shall be fixed in an amount equal to the regular rate of compensation which
would have been paid had he continued in service as a police officer of said
city at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. Such retirement
shall become effective as of the date following the last date on which he
received regular compensation. Upon such retirement, the state-Boston
retirement board
shall forthwith pay to him the amount credited to him as accumulated total
deductions in the annuity savings of the state-Boston retirement system.
SECTION 2.
Said Jorge L. Torres shall be entitled to receive such
indemnification for all hospital, medical and related expenses that have been
or may be incurred after the date of his retirement as a result of the injuries
sustained by him while in the performance of his duties, according to the
provisions of chapter 41 of the General Laws.
SECTION 3.
Upon the death of said Jorge L. Torres, if any surviving
spouse, the state-Boston retirement board shall pay her so long as she remains
unmarried, an annuity in the amount of three-fourths of the amount of the
pension payable to him, per month at the time of his death. If spouse
remarries, said city shall pay, in lieu of the aforesaid annuity, an annuity of
$520 per month to her.
SECTION 4.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved August 29, 1997.