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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3281 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2602
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul McMurtry
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to state police pensions.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk1/20/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3281 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2602
By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2602) of
Paul McMurtry relative to state police pensions. Public Service.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to state police pensions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 26 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking paragraph
2(c) and inserting the following:
3 (c) Upon retirement under the provisions of this subdivision, a member shall receive a
4retirement allowance to become effective on the date of the member’s retirement. Payments
5under such retirement allowance shall be made as provided for in sections twelve and thirteen
6and the normal yearly amount thereof shall be equal to sixty percent of the average annual rate of
7the member’s regular compensation during the twelve-month period of his creditable service
8immediately preceding the date the member’s retirement allowance becomes effective; provided
9further that the total amount of the allowance shall be increased by one-twelfth of three percent
10for each full month of service in excess of twenty years of service and prior to the last day of the
11month in which such member will reach the age of fifty-five; provided, further, that such
12retirement allowance shall in no case exceed seventy-five percent of such regular compensation;
13and provided, further, that if a member shall reach the member’s fifty-fifth birthday and shall not 2 of 2
14have completed such twenty years of service, the amount of his retirement allowance shall be
15calculated by subtracting from such normal yearly amount one-twelfth of three percent for each
16full month of service that the member’s service is less than twenty years. Any member retired
17under the provision of this subdivision who is a veteran as defined in section one shall receive an
18additional yearly retirement allowance of fifteen dollars for each year of creditable service or
19fraction thereof; provided, that the total amount of said additional retirement allowance shall not
20exceed three hundred dollars in any case.