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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Frank A. Moran

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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 for relief for police officer Carl Farrington.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5378        FILED ON: 9/16/2022

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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 for relief for police officer Carl Farrington.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Lawrence that a petition be filed with the General Court to the end that legislation be adopted precisely as follows. The General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the mayor approves amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court. The mayor is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the Lawrence Retirement Board is hereby authorized and directed to retire Carl Farrington, a police officer of the City of Lawrence, who as a result of injuries sustained while in the performance of his duties on August 3, 2020, is totally and permanently incapacitated from performing the essential duties of a police officer.

The annual amount of pension payable to Carl Farrington shall be fixed in an amount equal to the regular rate of compensation by which would have been paid had he continued in service as a police officer of the City of Lawrence at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement up until his death or reaching mandatory retirement age whichever comes first. The additional benefits granted herein shall be funded and administered by the Lawrence Retirement Board, consistent with and subject to Chapter 32 of the General Laws, except that Sections 8 and 91A of Chapter 32 of the General Laws shall not apply however all amounts paid hereunder shall be non-taxable.

Upon attaining the mandatory retirement age for a Lawrence police officer, Carl Farrington shall receive a pension pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, a yearly amount of pension equal to eighty percent of the annual rate of the compensation he was receiving on the day before he reaches the mandatory retirement age for a Lawrence patrol officer.

SECTION 2. Carl Farrington 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 on August 3, 2020, according to the provisions of Section 100 and Section 100B of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.

SECTION 3. In addition to the benefits granted herein and upon retirement, Carl Farrington shall receive a lump sum from the Lawrence Retirement Board equal to his total accumulated retirement deductions.

SECTION 4. If Carl Farrington is married at the time of retirement, then upon his death, should his wife Kellie Anne survive him, the Lawrence Retirement Board shall pay to her an annuity in the amount of three-fourths of the amount of the pension which would have been otherwise payable to him until her death. The pension shall be subject to Section 103 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws.

SECTION 5. In the event that both Carl Farrington and his wife, Kellie Anne, die before their children reach the age of eighteen or twenty-two, as provided herein, the payments that would otherwise be made to Kellie Anne shall be payable, in equal shares, to each child under the age of eighteen; provided however that payments shall continue to the age of twenty-two for any child who is enrolled as a full-time student.

SECTION 6. This act shall be effective upon passage.