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:

The Cambridge Police Mutual Aid Association, a corporation established under the laws of the commonwealth, is hereby authorized, upon the retirement or other severance of any member in good standing who has completed twenty-five or more years of service as a permanent officer of the police department of the city of Cambridge, to pay such member such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, as may from time to time be determined by a vote of the association; provided, however, that such member shall thereupon cease to be a member of said association, and shall not thereafter be entitled to receive any benefits therefrom.

Said association is further authorized, upon the retirement or other severance of a member in good standing who has completed at least one, but less than twenty-five years of service as a permanent officer of said police department of said city, to pay such member a sum of money as may from time to time be determined by a vote of the association, not to exceed three hundred dollars for each year of service for the first ten years of service, plus a sum of money as may from time to time be determined by a vote of the association, not to exceed seven hundred dollars for each year of service in excess of ten years; provided, however, that in no event shall the total amount exceed fifteen thousand dollars; and provided, further, that such member shall thereupon cease to be a member of the association and shall not thereafter be entitled to receive any benefits therefrom.

Said association is further authorized to pay, to any active member in good standing, upon the death of his or her spouse, the sum of one thousand dollars; provided, however, that the final payment to such member, upon his retirement shall be reduced by that amount.

Said association is further authorized, upon the death of an active member in good standing, to pay the spouse of such member such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, as may be from time to time determined by a vote of the association.