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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1021 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2328 |
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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 | | Jason M. Lewis |
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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 reimbursement for annual training for armed forces members. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1021 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2328 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2328) of Jason M. Lewis for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to reimburse for annual training for armed forces members. Veterans and Federal |
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| 20 | 20 | | Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2409 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to reimbursement for annual training for armed forces members. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 59 of chapter 33 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subsection |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2(a) and inserting in place thereof the following:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (a) An employee of the commonwealth in the service of the armed forces of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4commonwealth or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States shall be entitled |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5to receive pay without loss of ordinary remuneration as a public employee, and shall be fully |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6paid by the public employer, during service in the uniformed services, annual training or drills |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7and parades under section 61, not exceeding 34 days in any state fiscal year and not exceeding 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8days in any federal fiscal year, and shall not lose any seniority or any accrued vacation leave, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9sick leave, personal leave, compensation time or earned overtime. For the purposes of this |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10section, "uniformed services'' shall have the same meaning as defined in section 13. |
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