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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2095 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2941 |
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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 providing for special death benefits to fallen public safety officers. |
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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 Hampden1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2095 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2941 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2941) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. relative to providing for special death benefits to fallen public safety |
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| 20 | 20 | | officers. 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 providing for special death benefits to fallen public safety officers. |
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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 Section 100 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after the word “death”, in line 22, the following words:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3provided, however, that for the purpose of any payment on or after December 1, 2010 the term |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4amount of pension shall in no case be less than the full salary payable to a police officer in the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5next grade-step (in the case of a deceased police officer) or a firefighter in the next grade-step (in |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the case of a deceased firefighter) while employed by a department or uniformed force on the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7date of such employee's death. Provided further that for the purpose of any payment on or after |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8December 1, 2010, the term amount of pension shall in no case be less than the earnings that |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9would have been payable to a police superior officer were he or she in the next grade-step of a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10supervisory position (in the case of a police superior officer deceased on or after December 1, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 112010 who had been appointed to and was serving in such a supervisory position) or payable to a |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12fire officer were he or she in the next grade-step of a supervisory position (in the case of a fire |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13officer deceased on or after December 1, 2010 who had been appointed to and was serving in 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14such a supervisory position) employed by a department or uniformed force on the date of such |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15employee's death. |
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