AN ACT CORRECTING THE MEMBERSHIP DATE OF NORTH READING POLICE OFFICER THOMAS ROMEO IN THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
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. Notwithstanding clause (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, the annual amount of pension payable to Thomas Romeo, a retired officer of the police department of the town of North Reading, who has been determined to be totally and permanently incapacitated from performing the essential duties of a police officer, shall be amended and recalculated as if he started as a member in service with the Middlesex county retirement system on January 10, 1985.
SECTION 2. The pension and annuity of Thomas Romeo shall not be subject to the 75 per cent limitation on such pension and annuity pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 7 of said chapter 32.
SECTION 3. The recalculation by the Middlesex county retirement system shall be retroactive to Thomas Romeo's effective retirement date of January 20, 2023.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, May 9, 2024.