Session Laws

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 or rule to the contrary, the retirement board of the city of Revere is hereby authorized and directed to increase the pension payable to Richard J. James, a retired sergeant in the police department of the city of Revere who, as a result of injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties as a police officer, is totally and permanently disabled for further service as a police officer. The annual amount of pension payable to Richard J. James under the provisions of this act shall be fixed at an amount equal to the regular rate of compensation which he 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. The annual pension payable to said Richard J. James under the provisions of this act shall be reduced by the amount of any compensation he may receive from any gainful employment after the effective date of this act. Said Richard J. James shall be entitled to receive and shall receive all annual cost of living adjustments in his annual pension granted under the provisions of any general or special law. Upon the effective date of this act, the retirement board of said city shall forthwith pay to him all the amounts standing to his credit in the annuity savings or annuity reserve funds for the retirement system of said city.

SECTION 2. The provisions of section one hundred of chapter forty-one of the General Laws shall apply to Richard J. James relative to his indemnification by the city of Revere for any hospital, medical, and related expenses which may be incurred by him after the effective date of this act as a result of the aforementioned incapacity.

SECTION 3. Upon the death of said Richard J. James, if he leaves a wife surviving him and as long as she remains unmarried, the city of Revere shall pay to her an annual annuity equal to the amount of three-fourths of the amount of the pension payable to said Richard J. James at the time of his death. Upon the death or remarriage of the survivor wife of said Richard J. James, said city shall pay to the surviving children of Richard J. James and his survivor wife, until the age of eighteen, a pension of equal proportion to each child which shall total three-fourths of the amount of the pension payable to Richard J. James at the time of his death. If said Richard J. James is unmarried at the time of the effective date of this act, any determinations as to the right of survivorship shall be determined by the retirement board of the city of Revere.

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