SENATE DOCKET, NO. 288 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1266
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen M. Brewer
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act increasing the survivor benefits payable to the surviving spouse of Wesley Boutelle..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Stephen M. Brewer | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 288 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1266
By Mr. Brewer, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1266) of Brewer for legislation to increase the survivor benefits payable to the surviving spouse of Wesley Boutelle [Joint Committee on Public Service]. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1018 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act increasing the survivor benefits payable to the surviving spouse of Wesley Boutelle..
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 section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state board of retirement shall pay to Wesley Boutelle, a retired state police officer, the retirement allowance to which he is entitled under option (b) of subdivision (2) of said section 12 of said chapter 32, but, upon his death, his surviving spouse shall receive a retirement allowance equal to the amount she would have received as Wesley Boutelle?s surviving beneficiary if he had elected option (c) of said subdivision (2) of section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws when he retired.