Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-977-R1

Redraft EPS 977

Fair and Equitable Line of Duty Death Benefits for Public Employees

Messrs. Lesser and Cyr, Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Pacheco and McGee, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Brady and Timilty, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Ross and Keenan, Ms. Creem, Messrs. Moore, Montigny, Brownsberger and O'Connor, Ms. Flanagan, Messrs. Eldridge and Welch, Ms. Forry, Messrs. Hinds and Boncore moved that the proposed new text be amended <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

“SECTION X. Section 100A of Chapter 32, as amended in section 9 of chapter 5 of the acts of 2017, is hereby further amended by striking subsection (c) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

(c) The killed in the line of duty benefit shall be a 1-time payment of $300,000 to the family of a deceased public employee. As used in this section deceased public employee shall mean any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or public authority who, while in the performance of his/her duties and as a result of incident, accident or violence, was killed or sustained injuries which were the direct and proximate cause of his/her death.

SECTION XX. Section 100A of Chapter 32 is further amended in subsection (d) by replacing each occurrence of the words “public safety employee” in this subsection with the words “public employee”

SECTION XXX. Section 16 of Chapter 15A is hereby amended by inserting after the word "corrections officer" the following words: - any public employee working for state or county government, a Massachusetts public higher education institution, a municipality, public school department, or public school district or public authority

SECTION XXXX.  Sections X through XXX, inclusive, shall take effect as of March 10, 2017 and shall apply to applications received by the state board of retirement under section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws on or after March 10, 2017.”