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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2412 |
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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 | | Erika Uyterhoeven |
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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 to increase oversight of the Massachusetts State Police through stringent budget |
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| 13 | 13 | | accounting and regulation of overtime reporting. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/17/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2412 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2412) of Erika Uyterhoeven for legislation to increase oversight of the Massachusetts State |
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| 21 | 21 | | Police through stringent budget accounting and regulation of overtime reporting. Public Safety |
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| 22 | 22 | | and Homeland Security. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2534 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act to increase oversight of the Massachusetts State Police through stringent budget |
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| 31 | 31 | | accounting and regulation of overtime reporting. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 17 of chapter 22C of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2amended by inserting after the first sentence, inclusive, the following:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 This statement shall include an itemized list of projected expenses, including but not |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4limited to: labor costs, pension and employee benefit costs, equipment costs, weapons purchases, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5fuel purchases, vehicle purchases, and all other expenditures that arise from being included under |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6“Department of State Police and Related Programs” Direct Appropriations 8100-1001, as well as |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7any budget item where the requested expense is greater than $50,000 in a given fiscal year. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 SECTION 2. Section 18 of said chapter 22C is hereby amended by striking the first |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9paragraph, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following :- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 The colonel may, in the event of any public emergency, or of any unusual demand for the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11services of members of the state police serving in any bureau of the department, or whenever he |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12deems it in the public interest, require such members to work additional hours of duty and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13prevent such members from taking time off when entitled thereto, or at the time assigned |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14therefor; provided, however, that such members shall be compensated for any additional work in |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15accordance with the provision of section thirty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine. All |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16allocations of overtime shall be subject to review by the Office of the Inspector General for |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17supervision. The colonel shall furnish copies of all employee overtime reports to the Office of |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18the Inspector General annually, not after January 31st for the previous year’s reports, beginning |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19January 31, 2026. Additionally, any employee of the Department of State Police who is found by |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20a supervisor or other employee, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have falsified, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21fraudulently submitted, or otherwise purposely misrepresented information on any documents |
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| 55 | 55 | | 22pertaining to overtime payment for hours worked shall be suspended from the Department of |
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| 56 | 56 | | 23State Police until an investigation is conducted by the Office of the Inspector General. If the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 24employee is found to have falsified any overtime documentation, they shall be terminated from |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25the Department of State Police, effective immediately and suffer a loss of pension. Any |
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| 59 | 59 | | 26employee of the Department of State Police, having previously been found by said Department |
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| 60 | 60 | | 27to have falsified overtime payment reports, shall be immediately terminated, barred from future |
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| 61 | 61 | | 28employment with the Department of State Police, and suffer a loss of pension. |
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