SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1337        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1355

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

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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 to establish retirement parity for long term public defenders.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1337        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1355

By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1355) of James B. Eldridge for legislation to establish retirement parity for long-term public defenders.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2474 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to establish retirement parity for long term public defenders.

 

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. Group four of paragraph (g) of subdivision two of section three of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended by section 52 of chapter 38 of the Acts of 1995, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words "assistant district attorneys”:- 

“attorneys, investigators, social workers and social service advocates of the Committee for Public Counsel Services who have been employed in such capacity for ten years or more.”