Amendment #41 to H3400

State Police Association of Massachusetts Contract Clarification Language

[Sponsors] Representative Mariano of Quincy moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

SECTION. Section 128 of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2009 is hereby amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection in place thereof:-

(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any successor agreement to the current collective bargaining agreement for employees of the state police executed by the Commonwealth, acting by and through the secretary of administration and finance, and the State Police Association of Massachusetts shall not include benefits for any regular full-time member of the state police hired on or after July 1, 2009 pursuant to the career incentive pay program established pursuant to section 108L of chapter 41 of the General Laws. Nothing in this section shall preclude regular full-time members of the state police otherwise eligible for participation in the career incentive pay program established pursuant to said section 108L of said chapter 41 from participating in the program. Any new educational career incentive benefit agreed to by the State Police Association of Massachusetts and the Commonwealth for regular full-time members of the state police hired on or after July 1, 2009 shall be subject to appropriation.