HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2588        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4776

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John J. Mahoney and Hannah Kane

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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 survivor benefits to Ava Roy, the daughter of fallen firefighter Christopher Roy.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/17/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/17/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/24/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/29/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/29/2019

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/29/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

1/30/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/31/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Alyson M. Sullivan

7th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/1/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2588        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4776

By Representatives Mahoney of Worcester and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4776) of John J. Mahoney, Hannah Kane and others relative to providing survivor benefits to Ava Roy, the daughter of fallen firefighter Christopher Roy.  Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

 

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 providing survivor benefits to Ava Roy, the daughter of fallen firefighter Christopher Roy.

 

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, the annual pension amount that would have been paid to a surviving spouse pursuant to section 100 of chapter 32 of the General Laws shall be paid to the legal guardian of Ava Roy for her benefit until she attains the age of majority at which point such amount shall be paid directly to her.

SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect as of December 9, 2018.