Bill Text: MA S1065 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S1065 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1065-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Anthony D. Galluccio
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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 relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
James E. Timilty |
Bristol and Norfolk |
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
Allen J. McCarthy |
7th Plymouth |
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera |
10th Hampden |
Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S02560 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be
police officers and firefighters.
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 58A of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in its place thereof the following section:-
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, in any city, town or district that accepts this section, no person shall be eligible to have his name certified for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer if such person has reached his thirty-second birthday on the date of the entrance examination.
Notwithstanding the first sentence, a veteran who has not exceeded the maximum age set
forth in 10 U.S.C. 505(a) for original enlistment in the Armed Forces of the United States
shall be exempt from the age restriction imposed by this section.