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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1172 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2953 |
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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 | | Jeffrey N. Roy |
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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 the disability retirement of David Patterson, a police officer in the of |
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| 13 | 13 | | Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
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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:Jeffrey N. Roy10th Norfolk1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1172 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2953 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2953) of Jeffrey |
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| 20 | 20 | | N. Roy for legislation to direct the State Retirement Board to retire David Patterson, a member of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Department of State Police, at the regular rate of compensation. Public Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to the disability retirement of David Patterson, a police officer in the of |
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| 28 | 28 | | Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary and in order |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2to promote the public good, the State Retirement Board shall enact the following. Sgt. David |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3Patterson, a Sgt in Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit, who was injured in the line of duty and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4who as a result, is permanently incapacitated from performing the essential duties of a police |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5officer. (b) The annual amount of pension payable to David Patterson shall be equal to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6regular rate of compensation which would have been payable to him had he continued in service |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7as a police officer at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. The benefits will |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8continue to be funded and administered by the Massachusetts State Board of Retirement as they |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9are now, consistent to Chapter 32, except that sections 8 and 91A of said Chapter 32 shall not |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10apply. All amounts paid under this act shall continue to be non-taxable to the extent allowable |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11under state law. (c) Upon attaining retirement age, David Patterson shall receive a pension |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12pursuant to section 7 of chapter 32, the yearly amount of which shall be equal to 75 per cent of 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13the average annual amount of pension paid to him in the previous 12 months. (d) David Patterson |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14lone dependent as already identified by the MSBR, then upon his death, said retirement board |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15shall pay his surviving dependent if then living, a pension payable in Monthly installments in the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16amount of 75 percent of the annualized amount of the pension payable to David Patterson on the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17date of his death. The pension shall be subject to section 103 of said chapter 32. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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