HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3881 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2424
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven George Xiarhos
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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 establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Steven George Xiarhos | 5th Barnstable | 1/20/2023 |
Kathleen R. LaNatra | 12th Plymouth | 1/23/2023 |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 1/30/2023 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 2/4/2023 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/6/2023 |
Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida | 7th Plymouth | 2/9/2023 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | First Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/15/2023 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/16/2023 |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol | 2/22/2023 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 3/27/2023 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 5/2/2023 |
Marcus S. Vaughn | 9th Norfolk | 12/11/2023 |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | 12/18/2023 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 12/19/2023 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 12/19/2023 |
Michael J. Soter | 8th Worcester | 12/20/2023 |
Carol A. Doherty | 3rd Bristol | 1/3/2024 |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex | 1/4/2024 |
Nick Collins | First Suffolk | 1/5/2024 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 1/5/2024 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 1/5/2024 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 1/5/2024 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/5/2024 |
Peter J. Durant | Worcester and Hampshire | 1/5/2024 |
James C. Arena-DeRosa | 8th Middlesex | 1/5/2024 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/10/2024 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3881 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2424
By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2424) of Steven George Xiarhos and others relative to establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act establishing a fund for the care of retired police dogs.
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. Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2QQQQQ thereof the following new section:-
Section 2RRRRR. (a) There shall be a Retired Police Dog Care Fund that shall be administered by the secretary of the executive office of public safety and security. The fund shall consist of amounts credited to the fund from: (i) any appropriations, grants, gifts or other money authorized by the general court or other parties and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (ii) any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.
(b) All amounts credited to the fund shall be used without further appropriation to make grants to non-profit institutions located within the commonwealth for the purpose of providing care and medical services to retired police dogs. The secretary of the executive office of public safety and security shall be responsible for ensuring that funds are properly allocated to and used by reputable organizations for the care and medical needs of retired police dogs. For purposes of this section, a "police dog" shall be defined in section 1 of chapter 111C.
(c) Annually, not later than March 1, the secretary of the executive office of public safety and security shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, and the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund's activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.