HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600 FILED ON: 1/13/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2475
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Martin J. Walsh
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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 providing certain accidental disability retirement benefits for the widow of a former police officer of the city of Boston..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Martin J. Walsh | 13th Suffolk |
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Donald H. Wong | 9th Essex |
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Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex |
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James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex |
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Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex |
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Edward F. Coppinger | 10th Suffolk |
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Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk |
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Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth |
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Walter F. Timilty | 7th Norfolk |
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Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk |
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John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk |
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Steven M. Walsh | 11th Essex |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 600 FILED ON: 1/13/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2475
By Mr. Walsh of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2475) of Martin J. Walsh and others relative to the payment of an accidental death benefit from the State-Boston Retirement Board to Maureen Shaw. Public Service. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3989 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act providing certain accidental disability retirement benefits for the widow of a former police officer of the city of Boston..
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 to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, there shall be paid an accidental death benefit from the State-Boston retirement board to Maureen Shaw, the widow of Kenneth James Shaw, a former police officer of the city of Boston who contracted Hepatitis C in the official performance of his duties.
SECTION 2. Such an accidental death benefit allowance shall consist of a yearly amount of pension equal to seventy-two percent of the annual rate of regular compensation of said Kenneth James Shaw for the twelve-month period for which he last received compensation from the police department of said city. Any annual cost-of-living increases, as determined by the general court, shall before payments are made, be approved by the State-Boston retirement board.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.