SENATE DOCKET, NO. 135        FILED ON: 1/8/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael O. Moore

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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 alignment of the University of Massachusetts police.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 135        FILED ON: 1/8/2025

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1706 OF 2023-2024.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to the alignment of the University of Massachusetts police.

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. Paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Law, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 253 and 254, the words:- “; University of Massachusetts police”.

SECTION 2. Said paragraph (g) of said subsection (2) of said section 3 of chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding after the word “agent”, in line 328, the following words:- “; police officers of the University of Massachusetts system”.

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 32 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state board of retirement shall establish and implement a retirement incentive for University of Massachusetts police who held positions appointed under section 32A of chapter 75 immediately prior to the effective date of this act. Each eligible member of the University of Massachusetts police may request and shall receive a combination of total years of creditable service and years of age, the sum of which shall total, yet not be greater than, five years of creditable service and five years of age, provided said police officer shall retire within twelve months of the date of enactment of this section.