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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 802 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2940 |
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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 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
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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 police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F. |
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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:Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/13/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 802 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2940 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2940) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 111F. Public Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Section 111 F of Chapter 41 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3thereof: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 For any police officer or fire fighter subject to this Section, who is granted an accidental |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5disability retirement pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, and said accidental disability retirement |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6is not based on presumptions pursuant to Sections 94, 94A or 94B of Chapter 32, any absence |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7from duty caused by the condition which resulted in said accidental disability retirement |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, shall be regarded as leave pursuant to this Section, and if |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9said police officer or fire fighter was not previously granted leave pursuant to this Section, shall |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10have such absence retroactively so granted, and any pay or other personnel actions implicated by |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11such retroactive granting of leave pursuant to this Section shall be taken by the employer. |
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