HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4822

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

________________________________________

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 8, 2024.

The committee on Public Service, to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4238) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Springfield be authorized to increase the age limit for the appointment of special police officers in said city, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4822) ought to pass [Local Approval Received].

For the committee,

KENNETH I. GORDON.

        FILED ON: 6/28/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4822

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

_______________

An Act increasing the age limit for the appointment of special police officers in the city of Springfield.

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. Retired police officers who have been appointed as Special Police Officers within the City of Springfield under the authority provided through Chapter 133 of the Acts of 2018, shall not be subject to the same maximum age restrictions as applied to regular police officers in the City of Springfield pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws.

SECTION 2. Retired police officers who have been appointed as Special Police Officers within the City of Springfield under the authority provided through Chapter 133 of the Acts of 2018, shall be subject to a maximum age restriction of seventy (70) years old. No further deductions pursuant to Chapter 32 of the General Laws shall be made from the regular compensation of Special Police Officers appointed under this Act subsequent to their reaching the age of 65.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.