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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Danillo A. Sena

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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 the commonwealth's fire departments.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1005        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2771 OF 2021-2022.]

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 relative to the commonwealth's fire departments.

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 100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “law” in line 31 the following words: - This section shall also apply to any permanent crash crewman, crash boatman, fire controlman or assistant fire controlman employed at the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department and members of the 104th fighter wing fire department and, for the purposes of this section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts military reservation and the Barnes Air National Guard Base shall be fire districts.

SECTION 2. Section 100B of said chapter 41, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

This section shall also apply to any permanent crash crewman, crash boatman, fire controlman or assistant fire controlman from the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department and members of the 104th fighter wing fire department who are retired under a general or special law specifically relating to retirement for accidental disability and, for the purposes of this section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts military reservation and the Barnes Air National Guard Base shall be fire districts.

SECTION 3. Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 17, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were transitioned to state employment,

SECTION 4. Section 94A of said chapter 32, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 12, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were transitioned to state employment,

SECTION 5. Section 94B of said chapter 32, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 13, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were transitioned to state employment,