HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 918        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2160

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James Arciero

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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 relative to the creditable service for local municipal police and the Massachusetts State Police.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/9/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 918        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2160

By Mr. Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2160) of James Arciero relative to creditable service for certain local and state police officers.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2513 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the creditable service for local municipal police and the Massachusetts State Police.

 

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.        Paragraph (g) of clause (2) of section 3 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 271, by inserting the following:-

Any member of the Massachusetts State Police or of a local municipal police department, who has previous public safety experience in another state, shall be eligible to count creditable years of service in the Commonwealth; provided that said police officer shall be required to pay into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system in one sum, or in installments, upon conditions as the retirement board or authority shall prescribe, an amount equal to the accumulated regular deductions otherwise payable by the officer had they  been an active member in the Massachusetts State Police or local police department at the time of the aforesaid employment, together with regular interest thereon up to his first day of employment in a local police department or in the Massachusetts State Police.