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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 946 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2491 |
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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 | | Josh S. Cutler and Kathleen R. LaNatra |
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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 certain retirement benefits for the surviving spouse of a state police officer |
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| 13 | 13 | | injured in the line of duty. |
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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:Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/6/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/17/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 946 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2491 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Cutler of Pembroke and LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 20 | 20 | | bill, House, No. 2491) of Josh S. Cutler and Kathleen R. LaNatra relative to retirement benefits |
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| 21 | 21 | | for Felicia O’Connor, the surviving spouse of John Bernard O’Connor, a retired state police |
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| 22 | 22 | | officer injured in the line of duty. Public Service. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2611 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 relative to certain retirement benefits for the surviving spouse of a state police officer |
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| 31 | 31 | | injured in the line of duty. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 33 | 33 | | make forthwith certain retirement benefits available, therefore it is hereby declared to be an |
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| 34 | 34 | | emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 36 | 36 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding and general or special law to the contrary, Felicia |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2O’Connor, the surviving spouse of John Bernard O’Connor, a retired state police officer, who is |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3currently receiving a surviving spouse retirement allowance, shall be entitled to a recalculated |
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| 40 | 40 | | 4surviving spouse retirement allowance. The recalculated surviving spouse retirement allowance |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5shall be equal to the retirement allowance received by John Bernard O’Connor. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 6 SECTION 2. The amount of the recalculated surviving spouse retirement allowance in |
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| 43 | 43 | | 7section 1 shall apply retroactively to the date of death of John Bernard O’Connor. |
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