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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3179 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2033 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | David Biele |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to reimbursement of training expenses for peace officers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Biele4th Suffolk1/19/2023Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Tompkins |
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| 17 | 17 | | 20 Bradston Street, Boston, MA 021181/20/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/27/2023Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk2/27/2023Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk2/27/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3179 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2033 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Biele of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2033) of David |
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| 21 | 21 | | Biele and others relative to reimbursement of training expenses for peace officers. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to reimbursement of training expenses for peace officers. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary and unless otherwise provided |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2in an employment contract, if any city, town or political subdivision of the commonwealth |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3employs a peace officer and said peace officer is hired by another city, town or political |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4subdivision of the commonwealth within 12 months after completing mandated or formalized |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5training requirements, then the total expense of training, including salary paid during training, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6shall be reimbursed by the hiring city, town, or political subdivision of the commonwealth to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7city, town, or political subdivision of the commonwealth which provided for said peace officer's |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8training. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 In order to receive reimbursement, a city, town, or political subdivision of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10commonwealth must provide documentation that the peace officer in question signed an |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11acknowledgment of terms or an employment contract specifying the provisions set forth herein. |
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