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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1188 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2686
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven George Xiarhos
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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 the retirement benefits of Virginia E. Cummings.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/18/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1188 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2686
By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2686) of
Steven George Xiarhos that the State Board of Retirement be directed to grant an increased
accidental disability retirement allowance to Lieutenant Virginia E. Cummings of the town of
Bourne. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2805 OF 2021-2022.]
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 the retirement benefits of Virginia E. Cummings.
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 1. Notwithstanding section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other
2general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, the State Board of
3Retirement shall grant an increased accidental disability retirement allowance to Lieutenant
4Virginia E. Cummings of the Town of Bourne, who as a result of injuries sustained by violence
5of an inmate while in the performance of her duties on May 9, 2009 is permanently unable to
6perform the essential duties of her job and incapacitated for further services as a Correction
7Officer III. Virginia E. Cummings shall receive a yearly amount of pension of 72% of the rate of
8compensation which would have been paid to her had she continued in service as a Correction
9Officer III of the Department of Correction which was held by her at the time of her retirement. 2 of 2
10This disability allowance shall reflect the date which she planned to retire on her 65th birthday
11April 21, 2016.
12 SECTION 2. Upon the death of Virginia E. Cummings, leaving John P. Cummings, her
13husband, surviving her, the State Board of Retirement shall pay to him so long as he remains
14unmarried, an annuity of the amount of three-fourths of the amount of the pension payable to her
15at the time of her death.
16 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.