SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1989        FILED ON: 3/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No.         

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 allowing additional compensation of a certified governmental accountant as determined by the Massachusetts Municipal Auditors' and Accounts' Association, Inc.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1989        FILED ON: 3/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No.         

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.       ) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to increase the compensation payable to certified governmental accountants in cities and towns.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1610 OF 2011-2012.]

 

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 allowing additional compensation of a certified governmental accountant as determined by the Massachusetts Municipal Auditors' and Accounts' Association, Inc.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 41, sections 48, 49A and 55 of the General Laws are hereby amended by adding at the end of each section the following: Any appointee to this position who has been designated a “Certified Governmental Accountant” by the Massachusetts Municipal Auditors’ and Accountants’ Association, Inc., shall, beginning with the beginning of the fiscal year following acceptance of this provision by a town meeting in towns and the city council and mayor in cities, receive additional compensation in an amount to be determined in each city or town, but in no case less than one thousand dollars in each fiscal year.