HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 729        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2607

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to National Guard benefits..

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. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws of the 2004 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

“Any member of the National Guard that has served a minimum of twenty years shall be eligible for state pension benefits regardless of the type of service performed.”