HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2458        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2547

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Authorizing the State Retirement Board to Grant a Certain Pension to Roy E. Minnehan..

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 state retirement board shall retire Roy E. Minnehan, a retired state police officer with the Massachusetts state police, who on February 5, 2007 was granted an accidental disability retirement in accordance with the procedures and requirements of section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, due to injuries sustained while in the performance of his duties, one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum pay for the rank he retired at (top step sergeant) as his accidental disability retirement benefit.  Roy E. Minnehan sustained these injuries on October 23, 2003 when he was struck by a drunk driver while working a midnight shift in Boston.  Due to the injuries he sustained in that accident he underwent three surgeries but was left with permanent damage in his neck.  On September 8, 2006, he further aggravated these injuries and also suffered additional injuries including injuries to his right knee, which he had had major reconstructive surgery on while on duty at the Norwell barracks.  Throughout his career Roy E. Minnehan was highly decorated, including four commendations from the Mothers Against Drunk Driving. 

SECTION 2.  Any raises, incentives and salary increases in any contract since his retirement, the present and future contracts shall be given to Roy E. Minnehan automatically and any prerequisites, tests or other conditions that would have had to have been met or passed will be waived.  

SECTION 3.  Roy E. Minnehan 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 any injuries he sustained while working for the Massachusetts State Police, pursuant to Chapter 41 of the general laws.

SECTION 4.  Upon the death of Roy E. Minnehan the state retirement board shall pay to his children until they reach the age of 18 or 23 if in college, an annuity in the amount of ¾ of his pension per month at the time of his death.