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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2131 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3793
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mark J. Cusack
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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 authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently
incapacitated workers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mark J. Cusack5th Norfolk1/19/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2131 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3793
By Representative Cusack of Braintree, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3793) of
Mark J. Cusack for legislation to provide local option for retirement boards to grant retirement to
totally and permanently incapacitated workers. 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 authorizing a retirement board system local option for totally and permanently
incapacitated workers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby
2amended by inserting after section 100A the following section:-
3 Section 100B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any city or
4town that accepts this section pursuant to section 4 of chapter 4 may direct its retirement board
5system to allow for the retirement of any member of the system who: (i) is a part of Group 4, as
6described in section 3, including members of a police and fire departments or any other public
7safety officers belonging to Group 4; and (ii) as a result of injuries sustained while in the
8performance of their duties, is totally and permanently incapacitated from performing the
9essential duties of the job employed at the time of the injuries sustained.