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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 225 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1641
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Julian Cyr
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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 Commonwealth's fire departments.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Julian CyrCape and IslandsVanna Howard17th Middlesex2/7/2023 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 225 FILED ON: 1/12/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1641
By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1641) of Julian Cyr and Vanna Howard
for legislation relative to the Commonwealth's fire departments. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1686 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 Commonwealth's fire departments.
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. Section 100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “law” in line 31 the following
3words:- This section shall also apply to any permanent crash crewman, crash boatman, fire
4controlman or assistant fire controlman employed at the General Edward Lawrence Logan
5International Airport, members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department and
6members of the 104th fighter wing fire department and, for the purposes of this section, the
7Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts military reservation and the Barnes Air
8National Guard Base shall be fire districts.
9 SECTION 2. Section 100B of said chapter 41, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
10adding the following paragraph:- 2 of 2
11 This section shall also apply to any permanent crash crewman, crash boatman, fire
12controlman or assistant fire controlman from the General Edward Lawrence Logan International
13Airport, members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department and members of the
14104th fighter wing fire department who are retired under a general or special law specifically
15relating to retirement for accidental disability and, for the purposes of this section, the
16Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts military reservation and the Barnes Air
17National Guard Base shall be fire districts.
18 SECTION 3. Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
19amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 17, the following words:- or, for
20members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military
21reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those
22departments before they were transitioned to state employment,
23 SECTION 4. Section 94A of said chapter 32, is hereby amended by inserting after the
24words “into such service” in line 12, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter
25wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department,
26passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were
27transitioned to state employment,
28 SECTION 5. Section 94B of said chapter 32, is hereby amended by inserting after the
29words “into such service” in line 13, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter
30wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department,
31passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were
32transitioned to state employment,