Bill Text: MA S1175 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to veterans pension benefits
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/19 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [S1175 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1175-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marc R. Pacheco
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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 veterans pension benefits.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Marc R. Pacheco |
First Plymouth and Bristol |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01626 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 veterans pension benefits.
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. Chapter
32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby
amended by inserting after section 58D the following section: -Section 58E. A
veteran who has been in the service of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding the
provisions of section 60, for a period of 30 years in the aggregate, shall, at
his own request, with the approval of the retiring authority, be retired from
active service at seventy-two per cent of the highest annual rate of
compensation, including any bonuses paid in lieu of additional salary or as a
temporary wage increase in addition to his regular compensation, and including
any maintenance allowance, payable to him while he was holding the grade held
by him at his retirement, and payable from the same source.
