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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 121 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1734 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with |
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| 13 | 13 | | the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 121 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1734 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1734) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation |
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| 20 | 20 | | to provide the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the Commonwealth and the United States. Public Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1588 OF 2019-2020.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with |
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| 30 | 30 | | the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2section 89E the following section:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 Section 89F. If a sworn police officer of a police department of city or town, a sworn |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4police officer of the department of state police or a firefighter for a fire department of a city or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5town, is killed, or dies from injuries received, or dies as a natural or proximate result of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6undergoing a hazard peculiar to his or her employment, while in the performance of his or her |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7duty, their next of kin shall receive a flag of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and a flag of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8the United States during the memorial service, the cost of which shall be borne by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9commonwealth. |
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