Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S1608 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2095 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1608
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	John C. Velis
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts State Police.
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14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and HampshireMichael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk3/9/2023 1 of 2
16	16	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2095 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
17	17	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1608
18	18	By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1608) of John C. Velis and Michael
19	19	D. Brady for legislation relative to the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts
20	20	State Police. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
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26	26	An Act relative to the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts State Police.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 Section 22C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new
30	30	2section:
31	31	3 Section XX. There is hereby reestablished a career incentive pay program offering base
32	32	4salary increases to regular full-time members of the state police department as an incentive for
33	33	5furthering the education of current officers and recruiting diverse candidates to the state police
34	34	6through future recruitment and the cadet program. This section shall not apply to officers
35	35	7currently receiving career incentive pay for educational degrees under any other program or law.
36	36	8 In order to rectify an equity issue on the State Police, the police career incentive base
37	37	9salary increases shall equal the already existing incentive and be predicated on the accumulation
38	38	10of points earned in the following manner: one point for each semester hour credit earned toward
39	39	11a baccalaureate or an associate degree; sixty points for an associate degree; one hundred and
40	40	12twenty points for a baccalaureate degree; and one hundred and fifty points for a degree of master 2 of 2
41	41	13or for a degree in law. All semester credits and degrees shall be earned in an accredited
42	42	14educational institution and shall be credited for the purpose of determining points under this
43	43	15section, notwithstanding the date of appointment of an individual to a position described in the
44	44	16first paragraph of this section. Only graduates of: (1) an accredited degree program offered by an
45	45	17institution of higher learning in order to ensure diverse educational backgrounds of current and
46	46	18future officers, or (2) accredited law schools shall be eligible for the police career incentive pay
47	47	19program.
48	48	20 Base salary increases authorized by this section shall be granted in the following manner:
49	49	21a ten percent increase for sixty points, a twenty percent increase for one hundred and twenty
50	50	22points, and a twenty-five percent increase for one hundred and fifty points so accumulated.