Amendment #380 to H3400

Severance Package Limitation

[Sponsors] Representatives Winslow of Norfolk and Levy of Marlborough moves to amend the bill by inserting, after section XX, the following section:

“SECTION XX.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no director, executive, administrator, employee or consultant under contract to or in the employ of any state, city, town, governmental board or authority shall be entitled to a severance package lump sum payment or payments in excess of his regular vacation and sick time benefits; provided that said benefits shall expire after a two year period and shall not be carried over to a consecutive two year period; provided, further, that any contracts in violation of this section entered into prior to the effective date of this legislation shall be deemed unlawful as of the passage of this legislation.”.