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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing for violent act injury retirement benefits for retirement police officer Leo
MacAskill.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk3/3/2025 1 of 1
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By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 3915) of Jessica Ann Giannino (with the approval of the mayor and city council)
relative to retirement benefits for Leo MacAskill, a retired police officer of the police department
of the city of Revere. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act providing for violent act injury retirement benefits for retirement police officer Leo
MacAskill.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Leo MacAskill,
2a retired police officer of the Revere police department and a member of the Revere retirement
3system, may reapply for retirement benefits pursuant to section 7 of chapter 32 of the General
4Laws. If the Revere retirement board determines pursuant to said section 7 of said chapter 32, as
5amended by chapter 149 of the acts of 2024, that Leo MacAskill was retired for a violent act
6injury, all of his retirement benefits dispensed after such determination shall be paid and
7administered in accordance with retirement for a violent act injury pursuant to said section 7 of
8said chapter 32, as so amended.
9 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.