HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4554        FILED ON: 10/21/2021

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Smitty Pignatelli and Adam G. Hinds

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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 authorizing the state retirement board to retire Chad Shimmon, a uniformed member of the town of Great Barrington Police Department.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4554        FILED ON: 10/21/2021

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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An Act authorizing the state retirement board to retire Chad Shimmon, a uniformed member of the town of Great Barrington Police Department.

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. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state retirement board shall retire Chad Shimmon, a uniformed member of the Town of Great Barrington Police Department, who as a result of injuries sustained while in the performance of his duties in July of 2019, is totally and permanently incapacitated from performing the essential duties of a uniformed member of the Town of Great Barrington Police Department.

(b) The annual amount of pension payable to Chad Shimmon shall be equal to the regular rate of compensation that would have been paid had he continued in service as a uniformed member of the Town of Great Barrington Police Department at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement until his death or reaching 65 years of age, whichever comes first. The additional benefits granted in this act shall be funded and administered by the state retirement board, consistent with and subject to chapter 32 of the General Laws. All amounts paid under this act shall be non-taxable to the extent allowable under state law.

(c) Upon attaining the age 65 years, Chad Shimmon shall receive a pension pursuant to section 7 of said chapter 32, a yearly amount of pension equal to 80 per cent of the annual rate of the compensation he was receiving on the day before he reaches the mandatory retirement age for a uniformed member of the Town of Great Barrington Police Department.

SECTION 2. Chad Shimmon shall be entitled to receive indemnification for all hospital, medical and related expenses that have been or may be incurred after the date of his retirement as a result of the injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties in July 2019.

SECTION 3. In addition to the benefits granted herein and upon retirement, Chad Shimmon shall receive a lump sum from the state retirement board equal to his total accumulated retirement deductions.

SECTION 4. If Chad Shimmon is married at the time of retirement, then upon his death, should his spouse, survive him, the state retirement board shall pay to her an annuity in the amount of 75 per cent of the amount of the pension that otherwise would have been payable to him until her death.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage