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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1842 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2848 |
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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 | | Jessica Ann Giannino |
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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 aligning disability pensions for violent crimes. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1842 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2848 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2848) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Jessica Ann Giannino relative to disability pensions for violent crimes. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act aligning disability pensions for violent crimes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 26 of chapter 32 of the General |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3sentence:- This subdivision shall not apply to a member in service who is not able to perform the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4essential duties of the member’s job by reason of violent act injury, as defined in section 7. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 SECTION 2. Said section 26 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6amended by inserting after subdivision (2) the following subdivision:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 (2½) Section 7 shall apply to any member in service classified in Group 3 who is an |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8officer of the department of state police if the rating board, after an examination of such officer |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9by a registered physician appointed by it, reports in writing to the state board of retirement that |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10such officer is incapacitated for the performance of duty by reason of violent act injury, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11defined in said section 7, occurring during the performance and within the scope of their duty 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12and without contributory negligence on their part, and that such incapacity is likely to be |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13permanent. |
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