HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4826

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 2, 2020.

The committee on Public Service to whom were referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1565) of Michael O. Moore, Michael D. Brady, Timothy R. Whelan, Anne M. Gobi and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide survivor benefits to Ava Roy, the daughter of fallen firefighter Christopher Roy, and the 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, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4826) ought to pass.

For the committee,

JERALD A. PARISELLA.

        FILED ON: 6/18/2020

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4826

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

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