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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1957 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2551 |
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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 | | James K. Hawkins |
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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 the retirement benefits of Howard S. Levine. |
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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:James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/19/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth2/8/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1957 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2551 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Hawkins of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2551) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | James K. Hawkins and Angelo L. D'Emilia that the State Board of Retirement be directed to |
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| 20 | 20 | | grant an increased accidental disability retirement allowance to Howard S. Levine. Public |
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| 21 | 21 | | Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2680 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to the retirement benefits of Howard S. Levine. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, the State Board of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3Retirement shall grant an increased accidental disability retirement allowance to Lieutenant |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4Howard S. Levine of the Town of Raynham, who as a result of injuries sustained while in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5performance of his duties on September 3, 1990 is permanently unable to perform the essential |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6duties of his job and incapacitated for further services as a Correction Office III. Howard S. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7Levine shall receive a yearly amount of pension of 72% of the rate of compensation which would |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8have been paid to him had he continued in service as a Correction Officer III of the Department |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9of Correction which was held by him at the time of his retirement. This disability allowance shall |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10maintain parity with Correction Officer III collective bargaining increases of pay. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 SECTION 2. Upon the death of Howard S. Levine, leaving Charlene Ann Levine, his |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12wife, surviving him, the State Board of Retirement shall pay to her so long as she remains |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13unmarried, an annuity of the amount of three-fourths of the amount of the pension payable to |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14him at the time of his death. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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