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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4393 FILED ON: 6/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4247 |
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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 | | Paul McMurtry |
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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 retirement survivor benefits for Katherine M. McGuinness. |
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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:Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk6/12/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4393 FILED ON: 6/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4247 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Paul McMurtry |
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| 19 | 19 | | that the State Retirement Board provide a lifetime monthly allowance to Katherine M. |
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| 20 | 20 | | McGuinness, the surviving spouse of former state police officer James T. McGuinness. Public |
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| 21 | 21 | | Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to retirement survivor benefits for Katherine M. McGuinness. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2other general or special law to the contrary, the state retirement board shall provide to Katherine |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3M. McGuinness, the surviving spouse of former Massachusetts state police officer James T. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4McGuinness, a lifetime, monthly allowance equal to the amount she would receive as if James T. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5McGuinness had, upon retirement, elected option (c) of subdivision (2) of said section 12 of said |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6chapter 32 and nominated Katherine M. McGuinness as his sole surviving eligible beneficiary; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7provided, however, that the retirement board shall withhold from each payment made to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8Katherine M. McGuinness during the first year of such payments, such an amount, in equal |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9increments, as is necessary to account for the difference in the total amount James T. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10McGuinness received pursuant to option (b) of said subdivision (2) of said section 12 from the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11date of his retirement to the date of his death and the total amount he would have received had |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12he elected said option (c) from the date of his retirement to the date of his death. 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 (b) Any retirement benefit provided to Katherine M. McGuinness pursuant to this act |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any benefits she may have otherwise received from the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15state retirement board as James T. McGuinness’ beneficiary. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of August 4, 2010. |
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