HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 221        FILED ON: 1/8/2009

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to a Career Incentive Pay Program for Firefighters..

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

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

Chapter 41 of the General Laws is amended by adding the following new section:

Section 108L 1/2. There is hereby established a career incentive pay program offering base salary increases to regular full time members of the fire departments of cities, towns, and districts in the Commonwealth as reward for obtaining degrees in fire science and related fields.