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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3846 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2905 |
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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 | | Hadley Luddy and Steven George Xiarhos |
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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 to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch |
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| 13 | 13 | | retirees. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Hadley Luddy4th Barnstable1/17/2025Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3846 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2905 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Luddy of Orleans and Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 20 | 20 | | House, No. 2905) of Hadley Luddy and Steven George Xiarhos relative to the retirement |
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| 21 | 21 | | classification of Barnstable County dispatchers and dispatch retirees. Public Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2628 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch |
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| 30 | 30 | | retirees. |
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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. Notwithstanding subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, or any other general or special law to the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3contrary, employees of the towns, who are in the Barnstable county retirement system, employed |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4as police or fire dispatcher operators, managers or supervisors, who were hired on or before |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5January 1, 2023 with a group 2 classification under subsection (2) (g), section 3 of chapter 32 of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6the General Laws, shall not have said classification changed or altered unless enhanced by |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7statute. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, or any other general or special law to 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10the contrary, members in service, who retired from the Barnstable county retirement system as a |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11police, fire or emergency medical dispatch operator, manager or supervisor with a Group 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12classification under subsection (2) (g), section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, shall not |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13have said classification changed or altered unless enhanced by statute. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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