HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 263        FILED ON: 1/15/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2765

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

David Allen Robertson

_________________

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 injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/15/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/26/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

3/11/2021

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

3/11/2021

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

3/11/2021

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

3/11/2021

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/11/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

3/11/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

3/11/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

9/24/2021

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

9/24/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 263        FILED ON: 1/15/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2765

By Mr. Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2765) of David Allen Robertson and others relative to injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

_______________

 

An Act relative to injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers.

 

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. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph:-

“Sixtieth “Police officer”, “policeman”, or “permanent member of a police force”, shall include without limitation, any police officer appointed by the University of Massachusetts, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officers of the state colleges and universities.

SECTION 2. Section 94 of chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting  after the words “Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,” the following words:- or of the University of Massachusetts police department, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officers of the state colleges and universities.

SECTION 3. Section 111F of chapter 41of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after the word:- “General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, and members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, for the purposes of this section the Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts military reservation shall be fire districts,” the following:- The provisions of this section shall also apply in all aspects to any University of Massachusetts police officer, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officer of the state colleges and universities