SENATE DOCKET, NO. 556        FILED ON: 2/2/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1739

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John F. Keenan

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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 relative to residency.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

 

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/24/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/24/2021

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/25/2021

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

2/26/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

3/6/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

3/29/2021

John J. Cronin

Worcester and Middlesex

4/10/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

9/13/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 556        FILED ON: 2/2/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1739

By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1739) of John F. Keenan, Jack Patrick Lewis, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Diana DiZoglio and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to residency requirements..  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1552 OF 2019-2020.]

 

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 relative to residency.

 

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

Section 99A of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 99A. Any member of the regular police or fire department and fire alarm division of a city or town appointed subsequent to August first, nineteen hundred and seventy eight who is not subject to chapter 31 shall reside within fifteen miles of the limits of said city or town. Said distance shall be measured from the closest border limits of said city or town in which said member is employed to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member lives; provided however, a city or town may increase the fifteen mile residency limit under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with chapter 150E.