Bill Text: MA H2564 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation further regulating the retirement benefits of correctional officers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-18 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H2564 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2564-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
George N. Peterson, Jr.
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act FURTHER regulating the retirement benefits of correctional officers. .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2691 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act FURTHER regulating the retirement benefits of correctional
officers. .
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28M of Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following new sentence:-
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, to the contrary, any employee of the department of correction, classified under Group 4, whose major responsibilities include the care and custody of prisoners, and any transportation officer working within the department of correction, who has performed services in the department of correction for not less than twenty years, provided, the majority of years of service was performed within one or more titles in Group Four , shall, at his own request, be retired by said retirement board.
