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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1592 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2764
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel Cahill
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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 timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel Cahill10th Essex1/15/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1592 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2764
By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2764) of Daniel
Cahill relative to the payment of police officers under certain public construction projects.
Public Service.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to the timely and consistent payment of law enforcement personnel.
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 39M of Chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph at the end thereof:-
3 “In order to ensure the timely and consistent payment for police details assigned to public
4works projects performed under this chapter, the project awarding authority shall assume direct
5responsibility for maintaining police detail records, receiving invoices from, and making direct
6payments to those entities providing such paid details. The cost of police details shall not be
7included as part of the bid submitted by any offerer responding to a bid solicitation conducted in
8accordance with this chapter. This paragraph shall be referenced or included as part of the bid
9documents for public works projects.”