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 any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, the Plymouth county retirement board shall retire Dennis C. Malloy, a police officer of the town of Hanover, who sustained injuries while in the performance of his duties on August 3, 1999, for accidental disability, upon determination in accordance with the procedures and requirements of section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws that he is unable to perform the essential duties of his job, that such inability is likely to be permanent and that he should be so retired.

SECTION 2. The annual amount of pension payable to Dennis C. Malloy shall be equal to the regular annual rate of compensation which would have been paid had he continued in service as a police officer in the town of Hanover at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement.

Such retirement shall become effective commencing on the date immediately following the final day for which he received regular compensation for such employment.

Upon such retirement, the Plymouth county retirement board shall forthwith pay to Dennis C. Malloy the amount credited to him as accumulated total deductions in the annuity savings fund of the Plymouth county retirement system.

Dennis C. Malloy shall be entitled to receive 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 these injuries, pursuant to chapter 41 of the General Laws.

SECTION 3. Upon the death of Dennis C. Malloy, if his wife survives him, the Plymouth county retirement board shall pay to her, so long as she remains unmarried, an annuity in the amount of ¾ of the amount of the pension payable to him, per month, at the time of his death.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.