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An Act relative to the licensure of appraisers
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HD2860
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Cabral', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AFC1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-09T09:32:28.6066667'}, {'Id': 'SPK1', 'Name': 'Sally P. Kerans', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SPK1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-20T16:44:09.72'}, {'Id': 'BHJ1', 'Name': 'Bradley H. Jones, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BHJ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-12T14:14:39.4366667'}, {'Id': 'MCM0', 'Name': 'Mark C. Montigny', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MCM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-05T11:50:11.18'}]
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By Representative Chan of Quincy and Senator Feeney, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 262) of Tackey Chan, Paul R. Feeney and others relative to the licensure of appraisers. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 8G of chapter 26 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following new paragraph:-
Section 8G. There shall be in the division of occupational licensure an auto damage appraiser licensing board, hereinafter called the board, consisting of seven persons. The governor shall appoint two members who shall be affiliated with the auto body repair industry and two members who shall be affiliated with insurance companies writing casualty insurance within the commonwealth. The attorney general shall appoint one representative of their office and shall appoint one additional person, unaffiliated with their office, an auto body shop or an insurance company, to represent consumers. The commissioner of the division of occupational licensure shall appoint one person who shall not be affiliated with either the auto body industry or the insurance industry and who shall be the chair of the board. No member shall serve for more than 2 consecutive and complete 3 year terms. As the term of the office of a member expires, a successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of 3 years. A vacancy on the board shall be filled within 60 days from the date of the vacancy.
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An Act relative to public higher education collective bargaining funding
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H2620
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HD1596
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By Representative O'Day of West Boylston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2620) of James J. O'Day and others relative to public higher education collective bargaining funding. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The operating budget in the current and ensuing fiscal years shall include the appropriation necessary to fund all incremental cost items for all years covered by any collective bargaining agreement to which either the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts or the board of higher education is a party, separate and apart from any appropriation for the general maintenance of the University or public institutions of higher education where the board of higher education is the employer for purposes of collective bargaining under chapter 150E of the general laws, excluding grant funded and auxiliary enterprises accounts funded positions.
SECTION 2. Section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “and authorities”, in line 106, the following words:- , but not including Massachusetts public institutions of higher education employees paid for by student fees, tuition or state appropriation.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the cost of fringe benefits, including but not limited to the cost of pensions and health insurance, associated with employees of a public institution of higher education as defined in section 5 of chapter 15A shall be the obligation of the commonwealth, excluding grant funded and auxiliary enterprises accounts funded positions.
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An Act relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Children and Families
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H2621
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HD1924
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By Representative O'Day of West Boylston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2621) of James J. O'Day and Daniel M. Donahue relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Children and Families. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 277 , after the words “social worker A/B, C, or D,;” the following words:- clinical social worker A/B and C, social work technician, special investigator 1/2, case reviewer, human service assistant, and human service coordinator
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An Act further regulating the appointment of special police officers in the city of Watertown
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By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2622) of Steven Owens, John J. Lawn, Jr., and William N. Brownsberger (with the approval of the city council) relative to further regulating the appointment of special police officers in the city of Watertown. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Section of chapter 41 of the acts of 2012 is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the maximum age restriction applicable to regular police officers of Watertown under chapter 32 of the General Laws, the maximum age restriction for said special police officers shall be 70 years of age.
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An Act relative to creditable service for certain state contract employees
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By Representative Owens of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2623) of Steven Owens relative to creditable service for certain state contract employees. Public Service.
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Subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs:-
(t) Any member in service of the state employees' retirement system who, immediately preceding the establishment of membership in that system or re-entry into active service in that system, was compensated for service to the commonwealth as a contract employee for any department, agency, board or commission of the commonwealth may establish as creditable service up to 10 years of that service if the member has 10 years of creditable service with the state employees' retirement system, if the member served continuously and full-time as a contract employee for at least 10 years prior to establishment of membership in the state employees’ retirement system or re-entry into active service in that system, and if the job description of the member in the position which the member holds upon entry into service or re-entry into active service is substantially similar to the job description of the position for which the member was compensated as a contract employee. Creditable service allowable under this paragraph shall be reduced by any creditable service the member has established under paragraph (s) of subdivision (1) of this section.
No credit shall be allowed until the member has paid into the Annuity Savings Fund of the state employees' retirement system before any retirement allowance becomes effective for the member, in a lump sum or in installments, upon the terms and conditions that the state board of retirement prescribes, makeup payments of an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions for the service as a contract employee if the service had been rendered as a state employee and the member had been a member of the state employees' retirement system during the period the service was rendered, plus buyback interest on that amount.
Upon completion of the payments, the member shall receive the same credit for the period of previous service as a contract employee as would have been allowed if the service had been rendered by the member as a state employee. Members in service of the state retirement system who make application for this creditable service shall, subject to the rules and regulations of the state board of retirement, be notified by the state board of retirement of their eligibility for creditable service and, if they are eligible, shall also be notified by the state board of retirement that they have the following options: (1) to purchase the service in a lump sum within 180 days after the date of the notice; or (2) to enter into an installment agreement within 180 days after the date of the notice to pay for the service. No creditable service shall be allowed under this section unless the member provides documentation of the member's service as a contract employee satisfying the state board of retirement's requirements.
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An Act to modernize and streamline contributory retirement appeals
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HD2802
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By Representative Owens of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2624) of Steven Owens relative to appeals to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board. Public Service.
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Section 1. The Contributory Retirement Appeal Board codified in Ch. 32 sec. 16(4) is hereby dissolved.
Section 2. Ch. 32 section 16(4)is hereby struck and is replaced by a new Ch. 32 sec. 16(4):
"Right of Appeal to Division of Administrative Law Appeals. On matters other than those subject to review by the district court as provided for in subdivision (3), or other than those which would have been subject to review had the requirement for the minimum period of creditable service been fulfilled, any person when aggrieved by any action taken or decision of the retirement board or the public employee retirement administration commission rendered, or by the failure of a retirement board or the public employee retirement administration commission to act, may appeal to the Division of Administrative Law Appeals as provided for in Ch. 7 sec. 4H, by filing therewith a claim in writing within180 days of notification of such action or decision of the retirement board or the commission, or may so appeal within fifteen days after the expiration of the time specified in sections one to twenty eight, inclusive, within which a board or the commission must act upon a written request thereto, or within180 days after the expiration of one month following the date of filing a written request with the board or the commission if no time for action thereon is specified, in case the board or the commission failed to act thereon within the time specified or within one month, as the case may be."
The division of administrative law appeals shall hold a hearing within 180 days of receipt of an appeal. After the conclusion of such hearing, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals shall submit to the parties a written decision within 180 days which shall be final and binding upon the board involved and upon all other parties, and shall be complied with by such board and by such parties.
Any person, upon making an appeal involving a disability retirement allowance, shall be permitted to retire for superannuation retirement, if otherwise eligible, pending the decision of the division of administrative law appeals, but in no event shall. such action prejudice the person from receiving any further benefits which the division of administrative law appeals may grant in its decision nor shall the person upon a finding in favor of the employer be required to reimburse the employer for payments made prior to the decision of the division of administrative law appeals.
On appeals involving disability or where medical reports are part of the proceedings, the division of administrative law appeals may request further information from the members of the appropriate regional medical panel or may employ a registered physician to advise them in determination of an appeal.
The division of administrative law appeals shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and examine such parts of the books and records of the parties to a proceeding as relate to questions in dispute. Fees for such witnesses shall be the same as for witnesses before the courts in civil actions and shall be paid from the Appropriation Fund of the division of administrative law appeals.
The division of administrative law appeals shall arrange for the publication of its decisions and the cost of such publication shall be paid from the Appropriation Fund of the division of administrative law appeals.
The division of administrative law appeals shall submit to the commissioner of administration on an annual basis a report on the status of all cases that have been assigned to the division of administrative law appeals for a hearing.
Transition rule for cases pending at CRAB on effective date of this Act.
For all cases pending before the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board on the effective date of this act, the decision of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals shall be deemed final and binding. Any party to the appeal shall be entitled to appeal the decision of Division of Administrative Law Appeals to the Superior Court pursuant to Ch. 30A sec. 14.
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An Act relative to estimated first pension payments to certain public retirees
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By Representative Parisella of Beverly, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2625) of Jerald A. Parisella relative to estimated first pension payments to certain public retirees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of section 13 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is amended by inserting in line 29 after the word “day” the following sentence:- If a retirement system is unable to make the first such full payment to a member on or before the date required by this paragraph, it shall make an estimated payment to the member on or before said date.
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An Act relative to the veteran allowance for public retirees
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By Representative Parisella of Beverly, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2626) of Jerald A. Parisella relative to the veteran allowance for public retirees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is amended by inserting in line 142 after the word “dollars” the following words:- or upon acceptance of paragraph (b 1/2) fifty dollars.
SECTION 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision (2) of section 5 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is further amended by deleting in line 145 the words “in any case” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- or upon acceptance of paragraph (b 1/2) one thousand dollars.
SECTION 3. Subdivision (2) of section 5 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting the following new paragraph:-
(b 1/2) Upon acceptance of this provision by a retirement system, any member of Group 1 or Group 2 or Group 4, who is a veteran as defined in section one, shall receive, in lieu of paragraph (b), an additional yearly allowance of fifty dollars for each year of creditable service or fraction thereof; provided, that the total amount of said additional retirement allowance shall not exceed one thousand dollars in any case. Acceptance of this provision by a retirement system shall be by a majority vote of the board of each such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purposes herein, “legislative body” shall mean, in the case of a city, the city council in accordance with its charter, in the case of a town, the town meeting, in the case of a county, the county retirement board advisory council, in the case of a region, the regional retirement board advisory council, in the case of a district, the district members, and, in the case of an authority, the governing body. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certification of such votes with the commission. For purposes herein, the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement systems shall be deemed to have accepted this provision.
SECTION 4. Paragraph (e) of subdivision (2) of section 7 of said chapter 32, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is amended by inserting in line 160 after the dollar amount “$15” the following words:- or upon acceptance of paragraph (f) $50; and is further amended by inserting in line 162 after the dollar amount “$300” the following words:- or upon acceptance of paragraph (f) $1,000.
SECTION 5. Subdivision (2) of section 7 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-
(f) Upon acceptance of this provision by a retirement system, any member of Group 1 or Group 2 or Group 4, who is a veteran as defined in section one, shall receive, in lieu of paragraph (b), an additional yearly allowance of fifty dollars for each year of creditable service or fraction thereof; provided, that the total amount of said additional retirement allowance shall not exceed one thousand dollars in any case. Acceptance of this provision by a retirement system shall be by a majority vote of the board of each such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purposes herein, “legislative body” shall mean, in the case of a city, the city council in accordance with its charter, in the case of a town, the town meeting, in the case of a county, the county retirement board advisory council, in the case of a region, the regional retirement board advisory council, in the case of a district, the district members, and, in the case of an authority, the governing body. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certification of such votes with the commission. For purposes herein, the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement systems shall be deemed to have accepted this provision.
SECTION 6. Paragraph (c) of subdivision (2) of section 26 of said chapter 32, as appearing, is amended by deleting in line 131 the dollar amount “$15”and inserting in place thereof the following dollar amount:- $50; and is further amended by deleting in line 134 the dollar amount $300 and inserting in place thereof the following dollar amount:- $1,000.
SECTION 7. The provisions of this act shall be prospective from the date of acceptance of this act and shall not entitle a member, who is entitled to the benefits provided under this act, to any retroactive benefits.
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An Act relative to veterans' buyback
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[{'Id': 'JAP1', 'Name': 'Jerald A. Parisella', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T12:03:21.1133333'}, {'Id': 'MPK1', 'Name': 'Michael P. Kushmerek', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MPK1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-05T11:43:00.17'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-12T09:23:34.8166667'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-27T10:06:40.5833333'}]
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By Representative Parisella of Beverly, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2627) of Jerald A. Parisella relative to veterans' retirement system buybacks. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “be”, in line 148, the following words:- provided written notice by the retirement board upon entry into service that they are.
SECTION 2. Said section 4 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “member”, in line 151, the following words:- , prior to or within 1 year of vesting pursuant to this chapter,.
SECTION 3. Section 3 of chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as amended by section 2 of chapter 468 of the acts of 2002, is hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any member of a retirement system who is a member in service and a veteran who failed to make the purchase authorized in paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws within the required 180 days pursuant to chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as amended, shall be given a 1-time opportunity to apply to the retirement system to make said purchase within 1 year from the effective date of this act. Each retirement system shall provide written notice to all members in service of their potential eligibility for this purchase within 90 days of the effective date of this act.
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An Act to protect the retirement classification of Barnstable county dispatchers and dispatch retirees
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[{'Id': 'SKP1', 'Name': 'Sarah K. Peake', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SKP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:24:08.2833333'}, {'Id': 'JAC0', 'Name': 'Julian Cyr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-13T16:16:07.4233333'}, {'Id': 'DTV1', 'Name': 'David T. Vieira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DTV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T09:07:49.12'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-24T12:54:16.6833333'}, {'Id': 'DAF1', 'Name': 'Dylan A. Fernandes', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DAF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-27T14:32:59.4'}, {'Id': 'MJM2', 'Name': 'Mathew J. Muratore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJM2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T08:43:13.5'}, {'Id': 'SWG1', 'Name': 'Susan Williams Gifford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SWG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-06T10:04:53.8933333'}, {'Id': 'CRF1', 'Name': 'Christopher Richard Flanagan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CRF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-02T11:45:01.2266667'}, {'Id': 'KAD1', 'Name': 'Kip A. Diggs', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/KAD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-18T14:19:40.92'}]
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By Representative Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2628) of Sarah K. Peake and others relative to the retirement classification of Barnstable County dispatchers and dispatch retirees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, or any other general or special law to the contrary, employees of the towns, who are in the Barnstable county retirement system, employed as police or fire dispatcher operators, managers or supervisors, who were hired on or before January 1, 2023 with a group 2 classification under subsection (2) (g), section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, shall not have said classification changed or altered unless enhanced by statute.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding subsection (2) (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, or any other general or special law to the contrary, members in service, who retired from the Barnstable county retirement system as a police, fire or emergency medical dispatch operator, manager or supervisor with a Group 2 classification under subsection (2) (g), section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, shall not have said classification changed or altered unless enhanced by statute.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund Board of Directors
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By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2629) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund Board of Directors. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 24A of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 11, the words "7 trustees" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 9 trustees.
SECTION 2. Said subsection (b) of sad section 27A of said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words "the comptroller or a designee," the following words:- 1 person to be appointed by the Massachusetts Municipal Association, 1 person to be appointed by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees.
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An Act investigating the economic impact of certain Massachusetts laws
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By Representative Chan of Quincy and Senator Moore, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 263) of Tackey Chan and Michael O. Moore for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to investigate the potential for beneficial economic impact from minimum pricing laws. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby created a commission that shall investigate the potential for beneficial economic impact from the Commonwealth’s minimum pricing laws and determine, if appropriate, whether certain minimum pricing should be adjusted to better assist small businesses within the Commonwealth.
(b) The commission shall consist of the secretary of the executive office of administration and finance or his designee; the director of the department of agriculture or his designee; the treasurer or her designee; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on revenue, who shall co-chair the commission; a representative of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts; a representative of the National Federation of Independent Business Massachusetts; a representative appointed by the Governor from each of the industries currently impacted by minimum pricing laws, including the dairy, alcohol and tobacco industries; an individual an individual with an expertise in finance or consumer economics; a representative of a statewide public health organization engaged in tobacco cessation efforts; a representative of a statewide public health organization engaged in alcohol cessation or recovery efforts; a representative of a wholesaler engaged in the distribution of tobacco, alcohol or dairy products and a representative of the New England's Convenience Stores and Energy Marketers as appointed by the Governor. The commission shall adopt rules and establish procedures it considers necessary for the conduct of its business. No action of the commission shall be considered official unless approved by a majority vote of the commission members.
(c) In the course of its investigation, the commission shall: (1) examine the minimum pricing laws in existence in the Commonwealth; (2) examine the minimum pricing laws in existence in the Commonwealth’s neighboring states, if any; (3) provide an analysis of the impact of the Commonwealth’s minimum pricing laws on the cost and price of products so regulated; (4) provide an analysis of the impact of the neighboring states’ minimum pricing laws on the cost and price of products so regulated; and (5) develop recommendations as to whether certain of the Commonwealth’s minimum pricing laws should be adjusted to assist small businesses within the Commonwealth.
(d) The commission may hold public hearings to assist in the collection and evaluation of data and testimony.
(e) Any research, analysis or other staff support that the commission reasonably requires shall be provided by the executive office of administration and finance and its agencies.
(f) The commission shall prepare a written report detailing its findings and recommendations, together with drafts of legislation, as may be necessary to carry those recommendations into effect. The commission shall submit its initial report to the governor, the secretary of the executive office of administration and finance, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on revenue not later than 1 year after the effective date of this act.
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An Act relative to benefits for teachers
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Elliott', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RME1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T09:58:47.2033333'}, {'Id': 'PJK1', 'Name': 'Patrick Joseph Kearney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PJK1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T09:58:47.2033333'}, {'Id': 'S_G1', 'Name': 'Sean Garballey', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T09:58:47.2033333'}, {'Id': 'G_C2', 'Name': 'Gerard J. Cassidy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/G_C2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T09:58:47.2033333'}, {'Id': 'BWM1', 'Name': 'Brian W. Murray', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BWM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T09:58:47.2033333'}, {'Id': 'M_C2', 'Name': 'Michelle L. Ciccolo', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/M_C2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T09:58:47.2033333'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-22T09:28:00.87'}, {'Id': 'P_M1', 'Name': 'Paul McMurtry', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/P_M1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-22T09:28:00.87'}, {'Id': 'JBA1', 'Name': 'Jennifer Balinsky Armini', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-22T09:28:00.87'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. 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Jones, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BHJ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-12T14:02:01.11'}, {'Id': 'JAG1', 'Name': 'Jessica Ann Giannino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-12T14:02:01.11'}, {'Id': 'ACM1', 'Name': 'Adrian C. Madaro', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/ACM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-24T17:05:20.74'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-24T17:05:20.74'}, {'Id': 'djr1', 'Name': 'Daniel J. Ryan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/djr1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-03T08:42:36.3066667'}, {'Id': 'CPB2', 'Name': 'Christine P. Barber', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CPB2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-03T08:42:36.3066667'}, {'Id': 'PDJ0', 'Name': 'Patricia D. Jehlen', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PDJ0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-03T08:42:36.3066667'}, {'Id': 'TTN1', 'Name': 'Tram T. Nguyen', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TTN1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-03T08:42:36.3066667'}]
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By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2630) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others relative to retirement benefits for teachers. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision (4) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, as amended by chapter 134 of the acts of 2022 is hereby amended by adding the following subsection after subsection (c):
(d) An active or inactive member of the teachers’ retirement system who: (1) is a teacher or school nurse; (ii) became eligible for membership in the teachers’ retirement system before July 1, 2001; (iii) began contributing to the teachers’ retirement system before July 1, 2001; and (iv) did not provide a written election to participate or held a good faith belief that they elected to participate in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program to the teachers’ retirement system before July 1, 2001 nor at any other time prior to December 31, 2019, shall have a new 1-time opportunity to elect to participate in the alternative superannuation retirement benefit program.
SECTION 2. Paragraph 65, Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word “service”, the following: ; provided further that any person who served in a position described above who is vested in the teacher’s retirement system or the State-Boston retirement system and is subsequently employed by the executive office of education or the department of elementary and secondary education, except a commissioner hired before January 1, 2023, shall retain the status of “teacher” and be considered as remaining in service in that capacity.
SECTION 3. Section 3(8)(a) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word “system” in line 6, the following: , except a teacher who becomes employed at the executive office of education or the department of elementary and secondary education shall remain in the teacher’s retirement system or the Boston retirement system.
SECTION 4. Section 3(8) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: e) An employee of the executive office of education or the department of elementary and secondary education who is a member of the state employees retirement system and who is reinstated in the teachers’ retirement system or the Boston retirement system pursuant to section (8)(a) shall not be deemed to have had an interruption of membership or service. Upon reinstatement, the member will pay into the annuity savings fund of the teachers’ retirement system or the State-Boston retirement system in one sum, or in installments as the board may prescribe, makeup payments equal to the difference between the contributions paid to the state employees retirement system and the required contributions of the teachers’ retirement system or the State-Boston retirement system on all regular compensation received during the period of membership in the state employees retirement system.
SECTION 5. Section 3 (8) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: f) notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other general or special law to the contrary, a member who is reinstated in the teacher’s retirement system or the Boston retirement system pursuant to (8)(a) shall be entered into the state employees retirement system as a Group 1 state employee upon retirement.
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[{'Id': 'AHP1', 'Name': 'Alice Hanlon Peisch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AHP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T09:38:34'}]
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By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2631) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to the membership of the PRIM Board. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 23 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 201, after the words “representative of a public safety union” the following words:- from a list of 3 candidates nominated by the executive board of the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems, Inc. who shall be a member of the state employees’ retirement system, the teachers’ retirement system, or any other retirement system that has been vested in the PRIT Fund.
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An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of William Coulter
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By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2632) of Edward R. Philips that the Massachusetts State Retirement Board provide a certain pension to Mary Coulter-Bennett, the surviving beneficiary of former State Police Detective Lieutenant William Coulter. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts State Retirement Board shall provide to Mary Coulter-Bennett, the surviving beneficiary of former State Police Detective Lieutenant William Coulter, a lifetime, monthly allowance equal to the amount she would receive as if William Coulter had, upon retirement, elected option (c) of subdivision (2) of said section 12 of said chapter 32 and nominated Mary Coulter-Bennett as his sole surviving eligible beneficiary. The allowance shall be payable as of the date of William Coulter’s death.
(b) Any retirement benefit provided to Mary Coulter-Bennett pursuant to this act shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any benefits she may have otherwise received from the Massachusetts State Employees Retirement System as William Coulter’s beneficiary.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of September 30, 2019.
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An Act authorizing the State Retirement Board to grant creditable service to James Wright
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By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2633) of Edward R. Philips that the State Retirement Board be authorized to grant creditable service to James Wright, an employee of the town of Sharon. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, the State Board of Retirement shall credit James Wright, an employee of the Town of Sharon, with full-time creditable service for his employment service already so rendered from February 1, 1990 to February 28, 1992 to the 104th Fighter Wing Fire Department for the purpose of determining a retirement allowance under Chapter 32 of the General Laws. James Wright must satisfy all other applicable eligibility requirements for a retirement allowance as set forth in Chapter 32 of the General Laws, and under the rules and regulations of the State Board of Retirement.
Eligibility for this creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment by James Wright to the Massachusetts State Retirement System of an amount equal to the retirement contributions that would have been deducted under said Chapter 32 if he had received regular compensation during this entire period at a full-time annual rate based on the annual rate of regular compensation that he was receiving, plus buy back interest thereon. Such repayment shall be made in one lump sum or in installments under terms and conditions as the State Retirement Board shall prescribe. Any such payments must be completed prior to the effective date of any retirement allowance requested.
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An Act relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification
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By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2634) of Edward R. Philips relative to victim witness advocate retirement classification. Public Service.
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Section 1: Group 2 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 139 of the acts of 2012, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “employees of the trial court of the commonwealth who hold the position of chief probation officer, assistant chief probation officer, probation officer in charge or probation officer, chief court officer, assistant chief court officer or court officer” the following words:- employees holding the title of victim witness advocate as defined by section 1 of chapter 258B who have been employed in such capacity for ten years or more;
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An Act relative to creditable service for Robert Iantosca, an employee of the Department of Revenue
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By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2635) of Edward R. Philips for legislation to provide certain creditable service for retirement purposes to Robert Iantosca, an employee of the Department of Revenue. Public Service.
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Section 1: Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state retirement board is hereby directed to grant two (2) years, two (2) months and twenty Six (26) day of creditable service to Mr. Robert Iantosca, an employee of the Department of Revenue, for the period beginning January 2, 1997 through March 27, 1999.
Section 2: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby directed to reimburse the state pension fund an amount equal to any and all payments that Mr. Iantosca would have made to the pension fund during the period beginning January 2, 1997 through March 27, 1999, including any interest owed.
Section 3: The state retirement board is hereby further directed to grant Mr. Iantosca full credit for all funds reimbursed by the Commonwealth.
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An Act relative to retirement benefits for Kevin Wilder
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By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2636) of Edward R. Philips that the State Board of Retirement provide a certain pension allowance to Cynthia Smith Wilder, the surviving spouse of Kevin Wilder. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state board of retirement shall provide Cynthia Smith Wilder, the surviving spouse of Kevin Wilder, a lifetime, monthly allowance equal to 62 per cent of the average annual rate of regular compensation Kevin Wilder received during: (1) any period of 3 consecutive years of creditable service for which such rate of compensation was the highest; or (2) the period or periods, whether consecutive or not, constituting his last 3 years of creditable service preceding retirement, whichever is the greater.
(b) Any retirement benefit provided to Cynthia Smith Wilder pursuant to this act shall be in lieu of, and shall not be in addition to, any benefits she may have otherwise received from the state board of retirement as Kevin Wilder’s beneficiary.
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Resolve authorizing the study of cost of living increases for state police retirees
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[{'Id': 'ERP1', 'Name': 'Edward R. Philips', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/ERP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T12:47:01.68'}, {'Id': 'JAG1', 'Name': 'Jessica Ann Giannino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T16:12:51.8833333'}]
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By Representative Philips of Sharon, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 2637) of Edward R. Philips and Jessica Ann Giannino for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to examine the feasibility of increases to cost-of-living adjustments for retirees of the Massachusetts State Police. Public Service.
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Resolved, That there shall be a special commission to examine the feasibility of increases to Cost of Living Adjustments for retirees of the Massachusetts State Police. The commission shall consist of the chairs of the joint committee on public service, the executive director of the state retirement board, a member to be appointed by the chair of the MA public employee retirement administration commission and the president of MA retirees.
Said commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means the results of its investigation recommendations together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry said recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate on or before January 1, 2024.
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An Act relative to police officers and firefighters relative to Chapter 41, Section 111F
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[{'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T13:53:02.9966667'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-23T13:40:03.5766667'}]
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By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2638) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and Brian M. Ashe relative to leave with pay for injuries resulting in accidental disability retirement for certain police officers and firefighters. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Section 111 F of Chapter 41 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
For any police officer or fire fighter subject to this Section, who is granted an accidental disability retirement pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, and said accidental disability retirement is not based on presumptions pursuant to Sections 94, 94A or 94B of Chapter 32, any absence from duty caused by the condition which resulted in said accidental disability retirement pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 32, shall be regarded as leave pursuant to this Section, and if said police officer or fire fighter was not previously granted leave pursuant to this Section, shall have such absence retroactively so granted, and any pay or other personnel actions implicated by such retroactive granting of leave pursuant to this Section shall be taken by the employer.
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[{'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T13:55:37.3833333'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-23T13:40:12.9633333'}, {'Id': 'N_H1', 'Name': 'Natalie M. Higgins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/N_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-08-29T15:50:23.7333333'}]
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By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2639) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and Brian M. Ashe relative to retirement credit for private or parochial school teaching. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the Generals Laws as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subdivision (4A) the following seven subdivisions: -
(4B) Parochial school or public or private academy. A member who taught in a parochial school or in a public or private academy may purchase up to 10 years of service credit for that service under subdivisions (4C) to (4H), inclusive.
(4C) The member shall have taught in a school approved by the department of education or the education department of another state while holding an appropriate teaching certificate.
(4D) The member shall before any retirement benefit becomes effective for that member, make contributions into the members retirement fund, for the years of private or parochial school teaching on the same basis as the member would have made contributions had the service been as a state employee or teacher in the Commonwealth, including interest at a rate to be set by the board not to exceed regular interest by more than five percentage points. The member’s earnings for the years of private or parochial school teaching must be assumed to have been the same as the average salary for teachers in the Commonwealth as determined by the department of education for each of the years when the private or parochial school teaching took place. Interest shall be computed beginning at the end of the year when those contributions would have been made, if the service had been as a state employee or teacher in the Commonwealth, to the date of payment. Payment must be made by a single direct payment or annual direct payments to the retirement system in accordance with subdivision (4A).
(4E) The member shall have begun membership before January 1, 1976.
(4F) The member’s last ten years of creditable service before the date of retirement must be as a state employee or teacher in the Commonwealth.
(4G) Upon completion payment of the contributions under subdivision (4D) the member shall be granted service credit for the period of time for which the contributions have been made. Upon making partial payment of the contributions under subdivision (4D) the member shall be granted service credit on a pro rata basis in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
(4H) Alternative. In the determination of the retirement benefit under this subdivision, if service credit for private or parochial school teaching is not allowed under (4C) or (4E) additional service credit for private or parochial school teaching is allowed for any member who meets the requirements of subdivisions (4B) and (4F) if the member, before any retirement benefit becomes effective for that member, pays into the member’s retirement fund, by a single direct payment or annual direct payments to the retirement system, an amount equal to the contributions he would have otherwise paid into the retirement system for said period together with regular interest thereon.
Annual payments shall be made in accordance with subdivision (4A).
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 264) of Tackey Chan for legislation to prohibit certain supplemental fees levied against prospective tenants or current tenants. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 15B of chapter 186 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:-
(10) A lessor, or agent thereof, of a residential property shall not require the signing of a lease more than three months in advance of the termination date of the current lease.
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An Act removing certain positions from Massachusetts civil service law
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[{'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T14:08:58.4366667'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:30:15.2733333'}]
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By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2640) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and Brian M. Ashe (with the approval of the town council) that certain positions in the police department of the town of East Longmeadow be exempt from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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Section 1. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement between the Town of East Longmeadow and the East Longmeadow Police Officers Union, the positions of police officer, sergeant and lieutenant in the East Longmeadow Police Department shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 31 of the Massachusetts General Laws and related regulations applicable thereto. However, the foregoing exemption shall not impair the civil service status of the present employees of the East Longmeadow Police Department except for the purpose of promotion.
Section 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each incumbent employee who has the present status of permanent civil service employee in their present position shall retain their civil service status, except for purposes of promotion, until such time as they no longer serve in that position.
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An Act providing for special death benefits to fallen public safety officers
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HD811
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{'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T13:53:44.283'}
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[{'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T13:53:44.2833333'}]
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By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2641) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., relative to providing for special death benefits to fallen public safety officers. Public Service.
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Section 100 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “death”, in line 22, the following words:- provided, however, that for the purpose of any payment on or after December 1, 2010 the term amount of pension shall in no case be less than the full salary payable to a police officer in the next grade-step (in the case of a deceased police officer) or a firefighter in the next grade-step (in the case of a deceased firefighter) while employed by a department or uniformed force on the date of such employee's death. Provided further that for the purpose of any payment on or after December 1, 2010, the term amount of pension shall in no case be less than the earnings that would have been payable to a police superior officer were he or she in the next grade-step of a supervisory position (in the case of a police superior officer deceased on or after December 1, 2010 who had been appointed to and was serving in such a supervisory position) or payable to a fire officer were he or she in the next grade-step of a supervisory position (in the case of a fire officer deceased on or after December 1, 2010 who had been appointed to and was serving in such a supervisory position) employed by a department or uniformed force on the date of such employee's death.
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An Act relative to retirement systems and pensions for correctional officers
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HD1566
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{'Id': 'O_R1', 'Name': 'Orlando Ramos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/O_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T15:36:15.097'}
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[{'Id': 'O_R1', 'Name': 'Orlando Ramos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/O_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T15:36:15.0966667'}]
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By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2642) of Orlando Ramos relative to retirement systems and pensions for correctional officers. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “the care, supervision or custody of”, in line 10, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “contact with”.
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An Act relative to employment benefits of certain employees of the Department of Developmental Services
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{'Id': 'O_R1', 'Name': 'Orlando Ramos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/O_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T15:52:40.367'}
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[{'Id': 'O_R1', 'Name': 'Orlando Ramos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/O_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T15:52:40.3666667'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-13T14:43:11.9'}, {'Id': 'AMG0', 'Name': 'Anne M. Gobi', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMG0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-13T14:43:11.9'}, {'Id': 'TMS1', 'Name': 'Thomas M. Stanley', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-13T14:43:11.9'}, {'Id': 'SLM0', 'Name': 'Susan L. Moran', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-23T10:06:33.08'}]
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By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2643) of Orlando Ramos and others for legislation to include certain employees of the Department of Developmental Services and Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the word prisoners in line 252 the following words:- employees of the Department of Developmental Services and Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing holding the positions of HSC A/B, HSC C, HSC D, employed in such capacities or other DDS Group 2 titles for 10 years of more.
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An Act relative to the equitable merger of the Group 4 and Group 2 retirement classifications of the University of Massachusetts police
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{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T16:33:16.75'}
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[{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T16:33:16.75'}, {'Id': 'RME1', 'Name': 'Rodney M. Elliott', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RME1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-01T16:45:33.01'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-24T15:57:21.8966667'}, {'Id': 'J_A1', 'Name': 'James Arciero', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/J_A1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-24T15:57:21.8966667'}]
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By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2644) of David Allen Robertson and Rodney M. Elliott relative to the Group 4 and Group 2 retirement classifications of the University of Massachusetts police. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Group 4 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Law, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 327 and 328, the words:- ; "chief of security for the University of Massachusetts medical school or supervisory identification agent,".
SECTION 2. Group 4 of said paragraph (g) of said subsection (2) of said section 3 of chapter 32 as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding after the words "parole officer," in lines 327 and 328, the following words:- "chief of police for the University of Massachusetts medical school and police officers of the University of Massachusetts as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E,".
SECTION 3. Group 2 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 253 and 254, the words:- "University of Massachusetts police,".
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An Act regarding retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups
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{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T16:34:30.763'}
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[{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T16:34:30.7633333'}]
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By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2645) of David Allen Robertson relative to the retirement of public authority law enforcement employee groups. Public Service.
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Paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-
The Massachusetts Port Authority may elect to improve the retirement group classification for any group of law enforcement employees who are members of the Massachusetts Port Authority Retirement System by a majority vote of the authority governing board. Nothing in this act shall be construed as authorization to diminish the retirement benefits of public employees by placing any group of employees in a lower group of classification.
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An Act relative to creditable service for Stephen Gerald Roche
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{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:30:23.037'}
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[{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:30:23.0366667'}]
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By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2646) of David Allen Robertson that the State Retirement Board grant certain creditable service for retirement purposes to Stephen Gerald Roche. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state retirement board shall credit Stephen Gerald Roche with creditable service for the period of June 15, 1978 to April 1, 1979, inclusive, for the purpose of determining his superannuation retirement allowance under paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective for Stephen Gerald Roche, he shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the state retirement system in 1 sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from his regular compensation for such previous service, plus interest.
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An Act relative to injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers
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HD2993
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{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:44:07.607'}
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[{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:44:07.6066667'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-01T16:44:18.4466667'}]
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By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2647) of David Allen Robertson and Vanna Howard relative to injured and incapacitated state-employed police officers. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph:-
“Sixtieth “Police officer”, “policeman”, or “permanent member of a police force”, shall include without limitation, any police officer appointed by the University of Massachusetts, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officers of the state colleges and universities.
SECTION 2. Section 94 of chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,” the following words:- or of the University of Massachusetts police department, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officers of the state colleges and universities.
SECTION 3. Section 111F of chapter 41of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after the word:- “General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, and members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, for the purposes of this section the Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts military reservation shall be fire districts,” the following:- The provisions of this section shall also apply in all aspects to any University of Massachusetts police officer, Environmental police, Massport police, and campus police officer of the state colleges and universities
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An Act relative to injured correctional officers
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HD2999
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{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:45:59.713'}
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[{'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:45:59.7133333'}]
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By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2648) of David Allen Robertson relative to injured correctional officers. Public Service.
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SECTION 1Section 18A of Chapter 126 of the Generals Laws is hereby amended by striking the language thereof, and adding the following:-
Section 18A.An employee in a jail or house of correction of a county who, while in the performance of duty, receives bodily injuries resulting from actions of patients or prisoners in custody, and who as result of such injury is entitled to benefits under chapter one hundred and fifty-two, shall be paid, in addition to the benefits of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two, the difference between the weekly cash benefits to which entitled under said chapter one hundred and fifty-two and his regular salary, without such absence being charged against available sick leave credits, even if such absence may be for less than eight calendar days duration.
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An Act relative to the retirement benefits of the surviving beneficiary of Robert Lawler
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HD3118
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{'Id': 'JNR1', 'Name': 'Jeffrey N. Roy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JNR1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-09T11:38:15.92'}
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[{'Id': 'JNR1', 'Name': 'Jeffrey N. Roy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JNR1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-09T11:38:15.92'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-05T15:49:01.7266667'}]
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By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2649) of Jeffrey N. Roy (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the retirement board of the city of Boston provide certain retirement benefits to Donna Lawler the surviving beneficiary of Robert Lawler. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Boston Retirement Board shall provide to Donna Lawler, the surviving beneficiary of former Boston Police officer Robert Lawler, a lifetime, monthly allowance equal to the amount she would receive as if Robert Lawler had, upon retirement, elected option (c) of subdivision (2) of said section 12 of said chapter 32 and nominated Donna Lawler as his sole surviving eligible beneficiary; provided, however, that the retirement board shall withhold from each payment made to Donna Lawler during the first year of such payments, such an amount, in equal increments, as is necessary to account for the difference in the total amount Robert Lawler received pursuant to option (b) of said subdivision (2) of said section 12 from the date of his retirement to the date of his death and the total amount he would have received had he elected said option (c) from the date of his retirement to the date of his death. The allowance shall be payable as of the date of Robert Lawler’s death.
Section 2. The provisions of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Section 3. If any of the above sections are determined to not be constitutional under the law, the remainder of the provisions shall remain valid.
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An Act relative to realtor fair housing education
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{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T16:04:24.163'}
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[{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T16:04:24.1633333'}, {'Id': 'JBL0', 'Name': 'Joan B. Lovely', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBL0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-14T09:32:00.9933333'}, {'Id': 'REH1', 'Name': 'Russell E. Holmes', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/REH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-21T14:30:25.02'}]
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 265) of Tackey Chan for legislation to require real estate licensing education to include a fair housing training component. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 87SS of chapter 112 as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: -
Every individual applicant for a license as a salesman who is required to take an examination therefor shall, as a prerequisite to taking such examination, submit proof satisfactory to the board that he has completed courses in real estate subjects approved by the board, such courses to total 40 classroom hours of instruction and must include at least four hours on fair housing law or diversity and inclusion in real estate; provided, however, that applicants having successfully completed a course in real property while enrolled in an accredited law school in the commonwealth may also take such examination.
SECTION 2. Section 87XX1/2 of said chapter 112 as so appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -
Any person holding a license as a real estate broker or salesman shall, within their renewal period, satisfactorily complete courses or programs of instruction approved by the board; provided that attendance at such courses or programs of instruction shall be no less than six hours but no more than twelve hours as determined by the board. The curriculum contained in such courses or programs shall contain at least six hours of instruction concerning or related to compliance with laws and regulations including at least two hours on fair housing law or diversity and inclusion in real estate and four hours selected from any of the following subjects: fair housing; equal employment opportunity; accessibility for the disabled; agency law; environmental issues in real estate; zoning and building codes; real estate appraisal and financing; property tax assessments and valuation; and real estate board regulations.
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An Act relative to a cost of living adjustment for retired judges
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{'Id': 'djr1', 'Name': 'Daniel J. Ryan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/djr1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T15:57:50.237'}
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By Representative Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2650) of Daniel J. Ryan relative to a cost of living adjustment for retired judges. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 65J the following section: -
Section 65k. All justices of the supreme judicial court, appeals court and the several departments of the trial court, who have reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 under the Massachusetts Constitution, Part II, c.3 article 1, as amended by the Article 98 of the Amendments, shall be entitled to an adjustment to their annual pension; and said pension shall be increased at the same rate of increase, if any, as the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the Northeast Region commencing on July 1, 2024, and every year thereafter.
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An Act relative to the funding ratio of the public employee retirement system
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By Representative Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2651) of Daniel J. Ryan relative to the funding ratio of the public employee retirement system. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 22 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by deleting the third sentence of subsection (c1/2) of subsection 8 and inserting in place thereof the following:- Any system found by the commission to have a funded ratio of less than fifty percent and an annual rate of return during the previous ten years that is at least three percentage points less than that of the PRIT Fund rate of return over the same period shall be declared underperforming by the commission.
SECTION 2. Section 22 of Chapter 32, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by deleting in the first paragraph of subsection (c 1/2) of subsection 8 the words "shall be in perpetuity" and inserting in the place thereof:- may not be revoked for five years.
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An Act relative to civil service
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{'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T13:24:35.257'}
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[{'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T13:24:35.2566667'}]
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By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2652) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to civil service. Public Service.
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Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any existing law, including without limitation any act or special act, the appropriate public authority for any City or Town may revoke the application of Mass General Laws Chapter 31 (“Civil Service”) for a position or positions in any classification that are filled on or after the effective date of the revocation; provided further that the appropriate public authority shall provide to the Joint Committee on Public Service documentation outlining the policy or policies that will replace the application of Chapter 31; and provided further that said policy or policies shall include some level of preference being given to military veterans. Appropriate public authority will mean, as applicable, the Select Board, Mayor, City Manager or Chief Executive Officer of the City or Town.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
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An Act authorizing the state retirement board to retire Jamie J. Magarian, a uniformed member of the Department of State Police at the regular rate of compensation
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[{'Id': 'ALS1', 'Name': 'Aaron L. Saunders', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/ALS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-16T11:15:19.29'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:06:32.7866667'}]
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{'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:06:32.77'}
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By Representative Saunders of Belchertown and Senator Oliveira, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2653) of Aaron L. Saunders and Jacob R. Oliveira for legislation to direct the State Retirement Board to retire Jamie J. Magarian, a member of the Department of State Police, at the regular rate of compensation. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state retirement board shall retire Jamie J. Magarian, a uniformed member of the department of state police, who as a result of injuries sustained while in the performance of his duties in March 2018, is totally and permanently incapacitated from performing the essential duties of a uniformed member of the department of state police.
(b) The annual amount of pension payable to Jamie J. Magarian shall be equal to the regular rate of compensation that would have been paid had he continued in service as a uniformed member of the department of state police at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement until his death or reaching 65 years of age, whichever comes first. The additional benefits granted in this act shall be funded and administered by the state retirement board, consistent with and subject to chapter 32 of the General Laws. All amounts paid under this act shall be non-taxable to the extent allowable under state law.
(c) Upon attaining the age 65 years, Jamie J. Magarian shall receive a pension pursuant to section 7 of said chapter 32, a yearly amount of pension equal to 80 per cent of the annual rate of the compensation he was receiving on the day before he reaches the mandatory retirement age for a uniformed member of the department of state police of the commonwealth.
SECTION 2. Jamie J. Magarian shall be entitled to receive indemnification for all hospital, medical and related expenses that have been or may be incurred after the date of his retirement as a result of the injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties in March 2018.
SECTION 3. In addition to the benefits granted herein and upon retirement, Jamie J. Magarian shall receive a lump sum from the state retirement board equal to his total accumulated retirement deductions.
SECTION 4. If Jamie J. Magarian is married at the time of retirement, then upon his death, should his spouse, survive him, the state retirement board shall pay to her an annuity in the amount of 75 per cent of the amount of the pension that otherwise would have been payable to him until her death. The pension benefits provided for in this section and subsection (c) of section 1 shall be subject to section 102 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.
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This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to exemptions for civil service laws
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{'Id': 'MRS1', 'Name': 'Margaret R. Scarsdale', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T15:24:28.62'}
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[{'Id': 'MRS1', 'Name': 'Margaret R. Scarsdale', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T15:24:28.62'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:17:40.9333333'}, {'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:18:00.76'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:18:17.4966667'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:18:35.4533333'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:18:59.92'}, {'Id': 'CAD1', 'Name': 'Carol A. Doherty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CAD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:19:26.3766667'}, {'Id': 'BWM1', 'Name': 'Brian W. Murray', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BWM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:19:53.5033333'}, {'Id': 'MRP0', 'Name': 'Marc R. Pacheco', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRP0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:17:18.4033333'}, {'Id': 'G_C2', 'Name': 'Gerard J. Cassidy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/G_C2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:16:58.6833333'}, {'Id': 'RMH2', 'Name': 'Ryan M. Hamilton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RMH2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T18:16:29.2566667'}, {'Id': 'E_U1', 'Name': 'Erika Uyterhoeven', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/E_U1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T14:38:43.7933333'}, {'Id': 'RME1', 'Name': 'Rodney M. Elliott', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RME1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T14:38:43.7933333'}, {'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T14:38:43.7933333'}, {'Id': 'MMD1', 'Name': 'Michelle M. DuBois', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MMD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-15T11:19:15.06'}, {'Id': 'DFC1', 'Name': 'Daniel Cahill', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DFC1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-17T16:47:14.26'}]
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By Representative Scarsdale of Pepperell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2654) of Margaret R. Scarsdale and others relative to certain exemptions from the civil service laws. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 4B of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word ”under”, in line 14, the following words: - “chapter 31,”
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An Act directing the Bristol County Retirement Board to grant creditable service to Michael Cioper
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[{'Id': 'PAS1', 'Name': 'Paul A. Schmid, III', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PAS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T17:51:20.54'}, {'Id': 'WMS1', 'Name': 'William M. Straus', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WMS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-01T16:18:06.4133333'}]
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By Representative Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2655) of Paul A. Schmid, III and William M. Straus (with the approval of the county commissioners) that the Bristol County Retirement Board grant creditable service to Michael Cioper. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Bristol County Retirement Board shall credit Michael Cioper, a member of the Bristol County Retirement System, with creditable service for the period April 3, 1989 to May 1, 2004, inclusive, for the purpose of determining his superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. Before the date that any retirement allowance becomes effective in the case of Michael Cioper, he shall pay into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system of the county in one (1) sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from his regular compensation for such previous service, plus buyback interest.
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An Act relative to the commonwealth's fire departments
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HD1005
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[{'Id': 'DAS1', 'Name': 'Danillo A. Sena', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DAS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T18:35:42.28'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T16:31:48.2733333'}]
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By Representative Sena of Acton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2656) of Danillo A. Sena and Vanna Howard relative to benefits for certain firefighters. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “law” in line 31 the following words: - This section shall also apply to any permanent crash crewman, crash boatman, fire controlman or assistant fire controlman employed at the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department and members of the 104th fighter wing fire department and, for the purposes of this section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts military reservation and the Barnes Air National Guard Base shall be fire districts.
SECTION 2. Section 100B of said chapter 41, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
This section shall also apply to any permanent crash crewman, crash boatman, fire controlman or assistant fire controlman from the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department and members of the 104th fighter wing fire department who are retired under a general or special law specifically relating to retirement for accidental disability and, for the purposes of this section, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts military reservation and the Barnes Air National Guard Base shall be fire districts.
SECTION 3. Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 17, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were transitioned to state employment,
SECTION 4. Section 94A of said chapter 32, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 12, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were transitioned to state employment,
SECTION 5. Section 94B of said chapter 32, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “into such service” in line 13, the following words:- or, for members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, passed a physical examination on entry into service for those departments before they were transitioned to state employment,
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An Act authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departments
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[{'Id': 'DAS1', 'Name': 'Danillo A. Sena', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DAS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T14:23:56.5833333'}, {'Id': 'S_C1', 'Name': 'Simon Cataldo', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T14:26:30.9266667'}]
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By Representative Sena of Acton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2657) of Danillo A. Sena and Simon Cataldo (by vote of the town) that the town of Acton be authorized to increase the residency limit for members of the police and fire departments of said town. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 99A of chapter 41 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Acton may increase the 15-mile residency limit contained in said section 99A of said chapter 41 for members of the Acton police and fire departments. Provided, that any increase in the residency limit shall be subject to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with chapter 150E of the General Laws.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act providing prescription drug cost reimbursements to elderly governmental retirees
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HD1208
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By Representative Silvia of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2658) of Alan Silvia relative to providing prescription drug cost reimbursements to certain retirees. Public Service.
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Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amendment by inserting after the word "withheld", in line 126, the following words:-; provided, however, that the term "elderly governmental retiree" shall include any retired employee age 70 or over who has been retired for 5 years.
Section 2. Said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after section 10B the following section:-
Section 10C. For any elderly governmental retiree of any municipality that provides prescription drug benefits, such retiree shall be entitled to reimbursement from the State Retirees Benefits Trust Fund to be used exclusively to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for such retiree. The reduction of the cost of such prescription drugs shall be no less than 25 per cent of any co-payment amount paid by an elderly governmental retiree for such prescription drugs. The trustee of the fund shall establish the reimbursement methodology for such payment in conjunction with any participating municipality.
Section 3. Section 24 of said chapter 32A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "board", in line 29, the following words:-; provided that, a municipality providing prescription drug coverage to an elderly governmental retiree shall participate in the fund using the procedures set forth in section 10C
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An Act providing for disability and death benefits for explosive device canine handlers and bomb technicians
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[{'Id': 'A_S1', 'Name': 'Alan Silvia', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/A_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:40:16.1766667'}, {'Id': 'PAS1', 'Name': 'Paul A. Schmid, III', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PAS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-01T14:34:32.1066667'}]
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By Representative Silvia of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2659) of Alan Silvia and Paul A. Schmid, III relative to retirement for disability or death caused by certain conditions of cancer to certain explosive device canine handlers and bomb technicians. Public Service.
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Section 94B of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “unit”, in line 8, the following words:- , explosive device canine handlers and bomb technicians
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An Act relative to the direct wine shipper license
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 266) of Tackey Chan relative to the direct wine shipper license. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Section 19F of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in place thereof the following 2 subsections:-
(a) The commission may issue a direct wine shipper license pursuant to this section to any person, firm or corporation that holds a federal basic permit pursuant to the federal Alcohol Administration Act, compiled in 27 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. and that holds a license in the commonwealth or any other state to manufacture and export wine.
(b) Under this section, a direct wine shipper licensee may make sales and delivery of wine directly to residents of the commonwealth who are 21 years of age or older, for personal use and not for resale; provided, however, that a direct wine shipper licensee shall not sell at retail to residents of the commonwealth any wine or wine product not produced for or by the winery and sold under the winery’s brand name.
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An Act relative to capping earning in retirement
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By Representative Silvia of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2660) of Alan Silvia relative to payment of pensioners for services after retirement. Public Service.
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Paragraph (b) of section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended in line 98 by deleting all after the phrase "in any calendar year."
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An Act relative to employee retirement contributions
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By Representative Silvia of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2661) of Alan Silvia relative to employee retirement contributions. Public Service.
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Paragraph (b1/2) of Subdivision (1) of Section 22 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended in line 119 by striking the phrase "thirty thousand dollars" and inserting "fifty thousand dollars".
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An Act relative to veterans' buyback
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By Representative Silvia of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2662) of Alan Silvia, Paul A. Schmid, III and Michelle M. DuBois relative to retirement buyback for veterans. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “be”, in line 148, the following words:- provided written notice by the retirement board upon entry into service that they are.
SECTION 2. Said section 4 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “member”, in line 151, the following words:- , prior to or within 1 year of vesting pursuant to this chapter,.
SECTION 3. Section 3 of chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as amended by section 2 of chapter 468 of the acts of 2002, is hereby further amended by striking out the second paragraph.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any member of a retirement system who is a member in service and a veteran who failed to make the purchase authorized in paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws within the required 180 days pursuant to chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, as amended, shall be given a 1-time opportunity to apply to the retirement system to make said purchase within 1 year from the effective date of this act. Each retirement system shall provide written notice to all members in service of their potential eligibility for this purchase within 90 days of the effective date of this act.
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An Act authorizing Brian Cardrant to purchase creditable service from the Worcester Regional Retirement System
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{'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:02:08.1'}
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[{'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:02:08.1'}, {'Id': 'PJD1', 'Name': 'Paul J. Donato', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PJD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:25:53.7266667'}, {'Id': 'PJD2', 'Name': 'Peter J. Durant', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PJD2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T20:03:47.02'}]
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By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2663) of Todd M. Smola and Paul J. Donato relative to authorizing Brian Cardrant to purchase creditable service from the Worcester Regional Retirement System. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Worcester Regional Retirement System shall permit Brian Cardrant, a member of said system, to purchase creditable service for his military service time pursuant to the provisions of section 4(1)(h) of chapter 32.
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An Act relative to providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service
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{'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:19:39.39'}
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[{'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:19:39.39'}]
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By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2664) of Todd M. Smola for legislation to provide the next of kin of state police officers killed in the line of duty with a flag during memorial services. Public Service.
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SECTION 1 Section 89 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
If an officer of the department of state police is killed, or dies from injuries received or dies as a natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to the officer's employment, while in the performance of the officer’s duty, the officer’s next of kin shall receive from the department a flag of the commonwealth during the memorial service. For purposes of this paragraph, next of kin shall mean a person who is a surviving spouse, partner, parent or close family member of the deceased.
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An Act relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators
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[{'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:56:51.8533333'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-23T19:17:09.42'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T10:00:11.9133333'}, {'Id': 'MJS3', 'Name': 'Michael J. Soter', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJS3', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T11:13:56.9866667'}, {'Id': 'JRT1', 'Name': 'Jeffrey Rosario Turco', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRT1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'ALD1', 'Name': "Angelo L. D'Emilia", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/ALD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'JMC0', 'Name': 'Joanne M. Comerford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JMC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'KNF1', 'Name': 'Kimberly N. Ferguson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/KNF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'RME1', 'Name': 'Rodney M. Elliott', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RME1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'JDM1', 'Name': 'Joseph D. McKenna', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'HEK1', 'Name': 'Hannah Kane', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/HEK1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:24:04.25'}, {'Id': 'S_M1', 'Name': 'Samantha Montaño', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_M1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T14:05:24.65'}, {'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T10:02:28.2366667'}, {'Id': 'JDZ1', 'Name': 'Jonathan D. Zlotnik', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDZ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T10:02:28.2366667'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T10:02:28.2366667'}, {'Id': 'R_M2', 'Name': 'Rady Mom', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/R_M2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T10:02:28.2366667'}, {'Id': 'CRF1', 'Name': 'Christopher Richard Flanagan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CRF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T10:02:28.2366667'}, {'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-12T14:17:23.6833333'}, {'Id': 'JJM2', 'Name': 'John J. Mahoney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JJM2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-11T14:36:36.1966667'}, {'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-11T14:36:36.1966667'}, {'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-08-21T22:31:39.4466667'}]
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By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2665) of Todd M. Smola and others for legislation to include certain certified emergency telecommunicators in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, subsection (g) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “Cushing hospital” in lines 265 and 266 the following:-
"all full time dispatchers, dispatch supervisors, communications center directors or communications chiefs certified by the commonwealth of Massachusetts State 911 Department as certified telecommunicators, as defined by MA 560 CMR 5.04"
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An Act relative to clarifying the application of the heart bill
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[{'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:32:25.6766667'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-10T10:02:51.4966667'}]
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By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2666) of Todd M. Smola that police officers of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement be included under the “heart law”, so-called. Public Service.
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SECTION 1.Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "or of the public works building police", in the first paragraph, the following new words:- or of the police force of the Office of Environmental Law Enforcement.
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[{'Id': 'MJS3', 'Name': 'Michael J. Soter', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJS3', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T12:03:00.92'}, {'Id': 'FJB1', 'Name': 'F. Jay Barrows', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/FJB1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T12:11:56.4433333'}, {'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-27T11:08:49.62'}, {'Id': 'CAD1', 'Name': 'Carol A. Doherty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CAD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-06T16:09:07.9066667'}, {'Id': 'RME1', 'Name': 'Rodney M. Elliott', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RME1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T14:54:22.3166667'}, {'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-05T14:20:16.2666667'}, {'Id': 'DAF1', 'Name': 'Dylan A. Fernandes', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DAF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T16:53:49.85'}, {'Id': 'CRF1', 'Name': 'Christopher Richard Flanagan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CRF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-14T08:47:38.72'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-23T18:07:18.9933333'}, {'Id': 'SSH1', 'Name': 'Steven S. Howitt', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SSH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-12T11:11:57.83'}, {'Id': 'HEK1', 'Name': 'Hannah Kane', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/HEK1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T09:15:45.1433333'}, {'Id': 'PJK1', 'Name': 'Patrick Joseph Kearney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PJK1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T16:44:43.73'}, {'Id': 'JDM1', 'Name': 'Joseph D. McKenna', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T21:23:18.56'}, {'Id': 'R_M2', 'Name': 'Rady Mom', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/R_M2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-22T13:52:08.2'}, {'Id': 'S_M1', 'Name': 'Samantha Montaño', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_M1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T11:58:27.0166667'}, {'Id': 'DKM1', 'Name': 'David K. Muradian, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DKM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-06T10:04:54.6766667'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-13T10:10:34.91'}, {'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-12T14:05:26.7566667'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T10:01:13.1666667'}, {'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-03T10:19:17.1866667'}, {'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T10:34:43.3733333'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T14:00:43.0933333'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T15:33:54.96'}]
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By Representative Soter of Bellingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2667) of Michael J. Soter and others for legislation to provide public safety telecommunicators with the same internal benefits as first responders. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, all Public Safety Dispatchers or Public Safety Telecommunicators shall receive the same internal benefits as First Responders. For the purpose of this paragraph, " Public Safety Dispatchers or Public Safety Telecommunicators" means an individual employed by a public safety agency, as the initial first responder, whose primary responsibility is to receive, process, transmit, or dispatch emergency and nonemergency calls for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and other public safety services by telephone, radio, or other communication device, and includes an individual who promotes from this position and supervises individuals who perform these functions. No change shall be made to such Telecommunicators' compensation and pension benefits.
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By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2668) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida and David F. DeCoste relative to the retirement benefits of certain public safety employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (3) of section 21 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph:—
(h) the review and analysis of information required pursuant to section 26A as it relates to the employees contribution rate changes and benefit changes. Such analysis shall focus on the contributions made by members and the normal cost of benefit, plus any other liabilities determined by the actuary to be a result of benefit changes pursuant to said section 26A. Beginning January 1, 2024, and every 5 years thereafter, the actuary shall forward their analysis to the respective system.
SECTION 2. Subdivision (1) of section 22 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (b) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:—
(b) The treasurer or other disbursing officer in charge of payroll in any governmental unit to which a system pertains, and the treasurer or other disbursing officer in charge of payrolls in any free public library the employees of which are eligible for membership in a system, shall, upon written notice from the board:
(i) withhold on each pay day 5 per cent of the regular compensation of each employee who is a member in service of the system, which is received on the day by the member on account of service rendered to the member on or after January 1, 1946, and not later than the date of their attaining the maximum age for their group, in the case of an employee who entered the service of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof prior to January 1, 1975;
(ii) withhold on each pay day 7 per cent of the regular compensation of each employee who is a member in service of the system, which is received on the day by the member on account of service rendered by the member on or after January 1, 1975, and not later than the date of their attaining the maximum age for their group, in the case of an employee who entered the service of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof on or after January 1, 1975, but prior to January 1, 1984;
(iii) withhold on each pay day 8 per cent of the regular compensation of each employee who is a member in service of the system, which is received on the day by the member on account of service rendered by the member on or after January 1, 1984, and not later than the date of their attaining the maximum age for their group, in the case of an employee who entered the service of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof on or after January 1, 1984, but before July 1, 1996;
(iv) withhold on each pay day 9 per cent of the regular compensation of each employee who is a member in service of the system, which is received on the day by the member on account of service rendered by the member on or after July 1, 1996, and not later than the date of their attaining the maximum age for their group, in the case of an employee who entered the service of the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof on or after July 1, 1996;
(v) withhold on each pay day 12 per cent of the regular compensation of each employee who is a member of the department of state police appointed pursuant to section 10 of chapter 22C, and is a member in service of the system, which is received on the day by the member on account of service rendered by the member on or after July 1, 1996, and not later than the date of their attaining the maximum age for their group, in the case of an employee who is eligible to receive benefits provided for pursuant to section 26A.
In the case of any teacher the withholding shall be made upon written notice from the school committee, board of trustees or other employing authority, to the treasurer or other disbursing officer of the political subdivision by which the teacher is employed.
SECTION 3. Said chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 26 the following section:—
Section 26A. (1) As used in this section, the term “public safety officer” shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, mean any member of a municipal police department as classified to be in Group 4 pursuant to paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 or sheriff or employee of a sheriff’s department so classified; provided, the employee of a sheriff’s department is not a member of the state employees’ retirement system.
(2) Any public safety officer employed as of the effective date of this section shall be retired by the appropriate retirement board upon their attaining age 65; provided, that any such public safety officer who has performed service as a public safety officer for not less than 20 years, including creditable service granted by paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 and who has not attained the age of 65 may elect to retire pursuant to this section. Any public safety officer employed after the effective date of this section shall be retired by the appropriate retirement board upon their attaining age 65; provided, that any such public safety officer who has performed service as a public safety officer for not less than 20 years, including creditable service granted by paragraph (h) of subdivision (1) of section 4 and who has not attained the age of 65 shall be retired pursuant to this section.
(3) Upon retirement pursuant to this section, a member shall receive a retirement allowance to become effective on the date of the member’s retirement. Payments under such retirement allowance shall be made as provided for in sections 12 and 13 and the normal yearly amount shall be equal to 60 per cent of the average annual rate of the member’s regular compensation received by such member during any period of 3 consecutive years of creditable service for which such rate of compensation was the highest, or on the average annual rate of regular compensation received by such member during the period or periods, whether consecutive or not, is constituting the member’s last 3 years of creditable service preceding the member’s retirement, whichever is the greater; provided, that the total amount of the allowance shall be increased by 1/12 of 3 per cent for each full month of service in excess of 20 years of service; provided, however, that such retirement allowance shall in no case exceed 75 per cent of such regular compensation. Any such member retired pursuant to this section who is a veteran as defined in section 1 shall receive an additional retirement allowance of $15 for each year of creditable service or fraction thereof; provided, that the total amount of the additional retirement allowance shall not exceed $300.
(4) Any provision of sections 1 to 28, inclusive, which are inconsistent with this section, shall not apply to any member so classified under this section; provided, however, that any member with less than 20 years of creditable service as a public safety officer upon retirement shall be retired in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision (2) of section 5 and subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d) of said subdivision (2) and shall be based on the member’s age and number of years and full months of creditable service on the date the retirement allowance becomes effective.
(5) The actuary, acting pursuant to paragraph (h) of subdivision (3) of section 21, shall require each board to obtain certain information from each member eligible for the retirement benefit authorized pursuant to this section, including the name, date of birth, prior contribution rate, date of hire and any other information required by the actuary for the purposes of the report required under said paragraph (h).
SECTION 4. Any member of a retirement system who meets the definition of public safety officer as defined in section 26A of chapter 32 of the General Laws on the effective date of this act may elect in writing to participate in the alternative public safety retirement benefit provided for pursuant to said section 26A within 180 days of the effective date this act. Any such election shall become effective on the first day of the next pay period following such election, and shall constitute a waiver of any retirement benefits provided pursuant to section 5 or section 10 of said chapter 32. Any member making such an election shall be required to make a minimum of 3 years of retirement contributions at the rate of 12 per cent; provided, however, that if the member chooses to retire before the member has made 3 years of contributions at 12 per cent, the member shall pay into the annuity savings fund or have deducted from their retirement allowance an amount equal to the contributions that would have been made had such member remained in service for 3 years at the rate of regular compensation from which the member retired. The election by an eligible member to participate in the alternative public safety retirement benefit provided for under said section 26A shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 5. The additional contributions required under paragraph (b ½) of subdivision (1) of section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws shall not apply to any public safety officer as defined in section 26A of said chapter 32.
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[{'Id': 'AMS2', 'Name': 'Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:26:17.2966667'}, {'Id': 'DRB1', 'Name': 'Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DRB1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-15T14:43:41.1833333'}, {'Id': 'DFD1', 'Name': 'David F. DeCoste', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DFD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-09T19:48:09.78'}, {'Id': 'PJD2', 'Name': 'Peter J. Durant', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PJD2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-23T10:24:42.5766667'}, {'Id': 'MJS3', 'Name': 'Michael J. Soter', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJS3', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-26T15:07:34.7233333'}, {'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T15:21:39.0166667'}]
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By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2669) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida and others relative to COVID-19 mandatory vaccinations and immunization passports for public employees. Public Service.
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I. Protection from Forced Vaccination. -
Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization. Accordingly, no person may be compelled to receive an immunization for COVID-19 in order to secure, receive, or access any public facility, any public benefit, or any public service from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities.
No person may be terminated from a position of employment at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities due to not receiving the COVID-19 Vaccination.
II. Prohibition Against Public Agencies Issuing or Establishing COVID-19 Vaccine Passports. –
Notwithstanding any other provision of State or federal law, State or federal rule, executive order, local ordinance, or State or local declaration of emergency, no officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision of the State may issue or establish any standardized documentation, including something styled as a vaccine passport or vaccine pass, for the purpose of verifying an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status to a third party, or otherwise publish or share any individual's COVID-19 vaccination record.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit an individual who has received a COVID-19 vaccination from receiving from the person who administered the vaccine a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicating the person received a COVID-19 vaccination.
III. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to the registration of veterinarians
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[{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:37:37.7566667'}]
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 267) of Tackey Chan relative to the registration of veterinarians. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1: Section 55 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and replacing it thereof with the following paragraph:-
Every registered veterinarian shall biannually, before January first, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, in default of which the board may revoke the veterinarian’s license and authority to practice veterinary medicine thereunder, after a hearing as provided by section eleven; but the payment of said fee at or before the time of hearing, with an additional sum to be determined under the aforementioned chapter seven provision, shall remove the default. A veterinarian seeking license renewal shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of the successful completion of such continuing education as the board shall require by regulation. A veterinarian duly registered and licensed to practice in this commonwealth, whose license has not been revoked, but who shall have temporarily retired from practice or removed from the commonwealth for a period not exceeding five years, and shall have notified the board of such retirement or removal, may register upon paying the lapsed annual license fee and filing with the board an affidavit as to the facts aforesaid. Applications for renewals of licenses hereunder shall be upon forms prescribed by the board, and shall, no less than thirty days prior to January first every other year, be transmitted to each veterinarian registered with the board.
SECTION 2: This Act shall become effective December 1, 2024.
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An Act granting certain creditable service to Bernard Wheeler, an employee of the Boston Municipal Court
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{'Id': 'C_T1', 'Name': 'Chynah Tyler', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/C_T1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:43:25.123'}
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[{'Id': 'C_T1', 'Name': 'Chynah Tyler', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/C_T1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:43:25.1233333'}]
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By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2670) of Chynah Tyler for legislation to authorize the State Board of Retirement to grant Bernard Wheeler, an employee of the Boston Municipal Court, an additional retirement benefit of four years of creditable service. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state board of retirement shall credit Bernard Wheeler, an employee of the Boston municipal court, with an additional retirement benefit of 4 years of creditable service, for the purpose of determining his superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to subdivision (2) of section 5 of chapter 32 of the General Laws. Notwithstanding the credit, the total normal yearly amount of the retirement allowance shall not exceed 80 per cent of the average annual rate of his regular compensation as determined in accordance with said subdivision (2) of said section 5 of said chapter 32.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to electronic monitoring department personnel pension group classification
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[{'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T09:53:06.2033333'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-26T18:04:06.81'}]
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By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2671) of Steven Ultrino that assistant coordinators of the electric monitoring department of the Office of Probation shall be eligible for classification as members of Group 2 of the state contributory retirement board. Public Service.
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Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 106. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, assistant coordinators of the electric monitoring department of the office of probation shall be eligible for classification as members of pension group 2 by the Massachusetts state board of retirement pursuant to section 3.
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An Act relative to retirement benefits for installation security officers
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[{'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T09:56:10.1833333'}, {'Id': 'JJO1', 'Name': "James J. O'Day", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JJO1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-28T12:08:59.4133333'}]
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By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2672) of Steven Ultrino and James J. O'Day relative to placing installation security officers in Group 4 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Authority;" in line 297 the following:- "employees of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security - Military Division working as Installation Security Officers;"
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An Act relative to retirement benefits for county correctional nurses
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[{'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T11:09:39.35'}, {'Id': 'DTV1', 'Name': 'David T. Vieira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DTV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-09-28T13:28:56.3633333'}]
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By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2673) of Steven Ultrino relative to retirement benefits for county correctional nurses. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended by section 27 of chapter 39 of the acts of 2021, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 274, after the word “facilities”, the following words: - and except any position explicitly classified in another group.
SECTION 2. Said section 3 of said chapter 32, as so amended, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 331, after the words “assistant deputy superintendent”, the following words:- registered nurse, medication-assisted treatment nurse manager, psychiatric nurse, psychology nurse practitioner, director of nursing, licensed practical nurse, nurse practitioner or paramedic.
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An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth that are required to respond to crime scenes
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[{'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T10:35:48.4133333'}]
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By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2674) of Steven Ultrino relative to the retirement classification of forensic scientists employed at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory in the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 32 in the official 2016 edition is hereby amended in subparagraph (g), under "Section 2" by inserting therein the words, "Forensic Scientists employed at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory;" after the words, "head guard and chief of waterfront police".
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An Act relative to restoration to service
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[{'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:30:12.5566667'}]
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By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2675) of Steven Ultrino relative to restoration to service of public employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (a) of Subdivision (1) of Section 8 of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking the phrase “the same department” in each instance where it appears and inserting in place thereof: “a retirement system”;
Said section is further amended by adding after the word “job” in line 25: “or similar position”;
Said section is further amended by striking in line 63 the phrase “the same department” and inserting in place thereof: “a retirement system”;
Said section is further amended by inserting the following new paragraph after the first paragraph:
During the regular periodic review process done pursuant to this section a member may request that, in addition to being evaluated for a return to his former position, he be evaluated for a specific identified position other than the position from which he retired. Said evaluation shall be conducted in the same manner as all other examinations provided for in this section. If the member is found able to perform the essential duties of the identified position he shall be permitted to return to active service in said position and his pension provided for in section six or seven shall cease upon his return to service.
SECTION 2. Paragraph (b) of Subdivision (2) of Section 8 of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “such creditable service” the following:-
If the member returns to service, within a different retirement system than that from which they retired, the original system shall provide creditable service for any period of disability prior to reinstatement to service in the new system; provided that if the member is subsequently retired for a disability as a result of the injury for which such member was previously retired, the original retirement system shall be assessed a portion of the disability pension pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (5) of section seven.
SECTION 3. Section 8 of chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking the word “his” each time it appears and replacing it with the following: “his or her”.
SECTION 4. Section 8 of chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking the word “he” each time it appears and replacing it with the following: “he or she”.
SECTION 5. Section 8 of chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking the word “him” each time it appears and replacing it with the following: “him or her”.
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An Act concerning investments of the Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Management (PRIM)
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{'Id': 'E_U1', 'Name': 'Erika Uyterhoeven', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/E_U1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:05:39.553'}
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[{'Id': 'E_U1', 'Name': 'Erika Uyterhoeven', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/E_U1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:05:39.5533333'}]
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By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2676) of Erika Uyterhoeven relative to certain investments of the Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Management. Public Service.
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Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:
For domestic equity investments in the private real estate, private equity, and private infrastructure asset classes, including partnerships, joint ventures, co-investment vehicles, commingled investments, and direct investments entered into after the enactment of this bill in which MassPRIM has an equity interest greater than 50 percent, either directly or through one or more external managers, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) or the external manager shall require that all developers and operators of enterprises thus financed must as a condition of the pension system’s funding of the investment agree to, and abide by, the following requirements: with respect to any construction-related activities financed by the investment, to use good faith efforts to ensure that responsible contractors are included in the bidding by, and selection of, all contractors and subcontractors at any tier performing any construction, delivery to the job site of major construction materials, maintenance, repair, or restoration, including, without limitation, alterations, additions, improvements, painting, installations of fixtures, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, or with respect to any other construction or installation-related work, and structures, equipment and systems fabricated for a specific job site.
A contractor shall be excluded from bidding on projects if such contractor or any of its senior officials has been debarred in the 36 months preceding the bidding deadline by a governmental authority for failure to pay prevailing wages or benefits on any prior job for which it is required by law. A responsible contractor is one which: submits to the property or external manager a responsible contractor self-certification on a form acceptable to the CIO; communicates and furnishes this section to subcontractors; provides the CIO and the external manager with responsible contractor documentation; selects subcontractors in a manner consistent with this section; and pays workers fair wages and fair benefits including employer-supported family health care coverage, pension benefits and state registered apprenticeship training programs, based on relevant market factors that include the nature and location of the project, comparable job or trade classifications, and the scope and complexity of the work.
With respect to any long-term operations financed by the investment, that any operator of such operations shall make a good faith effort to secure an agreement with a bona fide labor organization requesting to enter in to such an agreement solely with respect to such operations in which the labor organization agrees not to strike, picket, boycott, or take economic action against the operations for the duration of the investment. A bona fide labor organization is one which is a member of either the AFL-CIO or Change to Win, and has at least 100 collective bargaining agreements or 50,000 members in the same industry as the long- term operations.
For domestic equity investments in the private real estate, private equity and private infrastructure asset classes, including partnerships, joint ventures, co-investment vehicles, commingled investments, and direct investments entered into after the enactment of this bill, in which the Mass PRIM has an equity interest equal to or less than 50 percent, the CIO shall encourage external managers to follow the practices of this section and shall give preference in the selection of external managers and placement of additional investments to those which provide the best level of return at an acceptable level of risk and follow such practices.
The CIO of Mass PRIM shall not approve any investment that has the potential to eliminate public sector jobs, would pose a reputational risk to the State-administered retirement systems, or could bring public or regulatory scrutiny to the retirement systems.
Before presenting any investment to Mass PRIM for possible investment, the CIO shall identify any features of the proposed investment that could potentially lead to significant loss of public sector jobs, pose reputational risks, or subject the retirement systems to regulatory scrutiny.
The CIO, subject to the direction of Mass PRIM’s Board, shall exercise due diligence in the selection of external managers. The CIO shall consider at least the following factors about the external manager and companies in its current and historical portfolios: any violations, fines, citations, or findings by a state or federal regulatory agency, including but not limited to, environmental fines and violations, unfair labor practices, or OSHA fines and violations; the record of securing labor peace agreements with labor organizations; disputes with labor organizations in the previous five years and the outcomes of such disputes; any complaints about the external manager, its portfolio companies or construction contractors received from concerned citizens or organizations; and whether the external manager proposes an investment strategy that is premised on, or has the potential to create, significant public sector job loss.
Prospective external managers and their portfolio companies shall be of good character and shall have demonstrated observance of local, state, and national laws (including, by way of illustration, those related to insurance, taxes, labor, anti- discrimination, environmental, and occupational health and safety). External managers and their portfolio companies shall be evaluated for their record of compliance with the policies, including any responsible contractor policies of public pension plans for which they serve or have served as external managers and shall be required to disclose any instances of non-compliance with such policies and to certify that they and their portfolio companies are not out of compliance with any such policies at the time of any proposed investment by Mass PRIM. External managers shall have demonstrated a past practice of, and capacity for, managing risks, including, without limitation, investment risks, interest rate risks, compliance risks, the risk of labor disputes, and the risk of malfeasance or ineptitude on the part of contractors, subcontractors, or operators. Whenever possible, external managers shall be chosen by competitive bidding and evaluated on their likelihood of producing competitive, risk-adjusted rates of return.
The report of Mass PRIM on the performance of external managers shall include identification of all investments held as of the date of the report that are in violation of Section 106 of Chapter 32 of the M.G.L. Mass PRIM and the CIO may take appropriate action to sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw any investment held in violation of Section 106 of Chapter 32 of the M.G.L., when efforts to cure the violation are unsuccessful. This section shall not be construed to authorize the premature or otherwise imprudent sale, redemption, divestment, or withdrawal of an investment.
This act shall take effect 180 days following the date of enactment except the CIO may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
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An Act authorizing the city of Haverhill to appoint retired police officers as detail police officers within said city for paid detail assignments
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{'Id': 'AXV1', 'Name': 'Andres X. Vargas', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AXV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:24:26.933'}
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[{'Id': 'AXV1', 'Name': 'Andres X. Vargas', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AXV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:24:26.9333333'}]
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By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2677) of Andres X. Vargas (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Haverhill be authorized to appoint retired police officers as detail police officers within said city for paid detail assignments. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. (a) The mayor of the city of Haverhill may appoint, as the mayor deems necessary, retired police officers of the city of Haverhill as detail police officers to perform police details or any duties arising from police details or during the course of police detail work, whether or not related to the detail work. The mayor may appoint only retired police officers of the city of Haverhill as detail police officers and shall establish department rules, procedures and policies concerning these appointments. The mayor shall appoint retired police officers who served as regular police officers of the city of Haverhill and retired based on superannuation. No retired police officer shall be appointed as a detail police officer pursuant to this act if that officer has been retired for more than 5 years. Detail police officers shall not be subject to the same maximum age restrictions as regular police officers of the city of Haverhill pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws. Prior to appointment pursuant to this act, a retired police officer shall pass a medical examination by a physician or other certified professional chosen or agreed to by the police department to determine whether the retired police officer is capable of performing the essential duties of a detail police officer pursuant to this act. The cost of the medical examination shall be borne by the retired police officer.
(b) Detail police officers appointed pursuant to this act shall not be subject to chapter 31, section 99A of chapter 41 or chapter 150E of the General Laws.
(c) When performing the duties set forth in subsection (a), detail police officers shall have the same power to make arrests and to perform other police functions as regular police officers of the city of Haverhill.
(d) A detail police officer shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, subject to renewal at the discretion of the mayor; provided, however, that a detail police officer shall be an at-will appointee subject to removal by the mayor at the mayor’s discretion at any time. All benefits afforded to detail police officers appointed pursuant to this act shall terminate upon the conclusion of the employment term. A detail police officer’s appointment shall automatically terminate upon the officer reaching the age of 70.
(e) Detail police officers appointed pursuant to this act shall be subject to the rules and regulations, policies and procedures and requirements that the chief of police of the city may impose from time to time including, but not limited to, restrictions on the type and number of detail assignments, requirements regarding medical examinations to determine continuing fitness and capability to perform the duties of a detail police officer, requirements for training, requirements for firearms licensing and qualifications, requirements for maintaining a medical or liability insurance policy and requirements regarding uniforms and equipment. The chief of police shall, at the chief’s discretion, set a schedule of fees associated with the costs of training, medical examinations, equipment, uniforms and any other requirements considered necessary by the chief of police that shall be paid by a detail police officer appointed pursuant to this act. Detail police officers appointed pursuant to this act shall not be subject to section 96B of chapter 41 of the General Laws.
(f) Detail police officers appointed pursuant to this act shall be sworn in by the city clerk of the city of Haverhill.
(g) Sections 85H and 85H½ of chapter 32 and sections 100 and 111F of chapter 41 of the General Laws shall not apply to detail police officers appointed pursuant to this act.
(h) Appointment as a detail police officer shall not entitle the appointee to assignment to any detail.
(i) Retired police officers serving as detail police officers pursuant to this act shall be subject to the limitations on hours worked and earning restrictions pursuant to paragraph (b) of section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.
(j) The mayor’s authority to appoint and remove a detail police officer pursuant to this act shall not be subject to review by another employee or official of the city of Haverhill.
(k) Nothing contained herein shall preclude the assignment of regular police officers, or others permitted by law and/or collective bargaining agreements, from performing detail police officer duties.
SECTION 2. Section 1 shall take effect upon its acceptance by a vote of the city council of the city of Haverhill, but not otherwise.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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{'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T10:58:19.277'}
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[{'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T10:58:19.2766667'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-23T11:00:09.3633333'}]
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By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2678) of Marcus S. Vaughn and Rebecca L. Rausch (by vote of the town) that the police chief of the town of Wrentham be exempt from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the position of police chief in the Town of Wrentham shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws and related regulations applicable thereto.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall not impair the civil service status of any person holding the position of police chief in the Town of Wrentham on the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act exempting the Deputy Police Chief of the town of Wrentham from the civil service law
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{'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:02:08.3'}
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[{'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:02:08.3'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-23T10:59:40.5833333'}]
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By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2679) of Marcus S. Vaughn and Rebecca L. Rausch (by vote of the town) that the deputy police chief of the town of Wrentham be exempt from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the position of deputy police chief in the Town of Wrentham shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws and related regulations applicable thereto.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall not impair the civil service status of any person holding the position of deputy police chief in the Town of Wrentham on the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to debt collection licensure
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{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T17:06:24.357'}
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[{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T17:06:24.3566667'}]
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 268) of Tackey Chan relative to debt collection licensure. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. This act shall be known as the “Debt Collection Licensure Parity Act.”
SECTION 2. Section 24 of chapter 93 of the General Laws is hereby amended in lines 17 through 59, inclusive, by striking the definition of “debt collector” in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:
''Debt collector'', any person who: (i) uses an instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of a debt, (ii) who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, a debt owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another, or (iii) engages in any business the principal purpose of which is the purchase of charged-off debt for collection purposes in the commonwealth, whether it collects the debt itself, hires a third party for collection, or retains an attorney in order to collect such debt. Notwithstanding this definition, a person who purchases charged-off debt as an investment and exclusively contracts with a licensed debt collector or attorney for the collection of the debt who has filed an application with the commissioner for a license and whose application remains pending with the commissioner thereafter may continue to operate without a license until the commissioner approves or denies the application. Notwithstanding the exclusion provided by clause (f), debt collector shall include a creditor who, in the process of collecting his own debt, uses any name other than his own which would indicate that a third person is collecting or attempting to collect the debt. Debt collector shall also include a person who uses an instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in a business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. Debt collector shall not include:
(a) an officer or employee of a creditor while, in the name of the creditor, collecting debts for the creditor;
(b) a person while acting as a debt collector for another person, both of whom are related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control, if the person acting as a debt collector does so only for a person to whom it is so related or affiliated and if the principal business of the person is not the collection of a debt;
(c) an officer or employee of the United States or a state of the United States to the extent that collecting or attempting to collect a debt is in the performance of his official duty;
(d) a person while serving or attempting to serve legal process on another person in connection with the judicial enforcement of a debt;
(e) a nonprofit organization which, at the request of a consumer, performs bona fide consumer credit counseling and assists the consumer in the liquidation of debts by receiving payments from the consumer and distributing the amounts to creditors;
(f) a person collecting or attempting to collect a debt owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another to the extent the activity (i) is incidental to a bona fide fiduciary obligation or a bona fide escrow arrangement; (ii) concerns a debt which was originated by the person; (iii) concerns a debt which was not in default at the time it was obtained by the person; or (iv) concerns a debt obtained by the person as a secured party in a commercial credit transaction involving the creditor;
(g) attorneys-at-law collecting a debt on behalf of a client; and
(h) an agent or independent contractor employed for the purpose of collecting a charge or bill owed by a tenant to a landlord or owed by a customer to a corporation subject to the supervision of the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable or the division of insurance insofar as the person collects charges or bills only for the landlord or supervised corporations.
SECTION 4. Section 24A of said chapter 93 is hereby amended by striking subsection (a) in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:
(a) No person shall directly or indirectly engage in the commonwealth in the business of a debt collector, or engage in the commonwealth in soliciting the right to collect or receive payment for another of an account, bill or other indebtedness, or advertise for or solicit in print the right to collect or receive payment for another of an account, bill or other indebtedness, without first obtaining from the commissioner a license to carry on the business, nor unless the person or the person for whom he or it may be acting as agent has on file with the state treasurer a good and sufficient bond. Bonds shall not be required of any person who engages in any business the principal purpose of which is the purchase of charged-off debt for collection purposes and does not otherwise act as a third party debt collector.
SECTION 5. Section 24B of said chapter 93 is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection:
(d) The commissioner shall permit affiliated companies to be under a single license and subject to a single examination as long as all of the affiliated company names are listed on the license. The commissioner in regulation shall determine what constitutes an “affiliated company”.
SECTION 6. This act shall not affect the validity of any collection actions taken, civil actions or arbitrations commenced, or judgments entered prior to this date.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect after 120 days upon its passage.
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An Act providing that officers in all positions of the Falmouth Police Department subject to Chapter 31 of the General Laws shall be exempt from the civil service law
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{'Id': 'DTV1', 'Name': 'David T. Vieira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DTV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T11:52:03.643'}
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[{'Id': 'DTV1', 'Name': 'David T. Vieira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DTV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T11:52:03.6433333'}, {'Id': 'SLM0', 'Name': 'Susan L. Moran', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T10:40:19.1'}]
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By Representative Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2680) of David T. Vieira and Susan L. Moran (by vote of the town) that the town of Falmouth be authorized to exempt officers in all positions of the Falmouth Police Department from the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, officers in all positions of the police department of the town of Falmouth subject to Chapter 31 of the General Laws shall be exempt from the civil service law.
SECTION 2. Section 1 shall not impair the civil service status of an officer employed on a permanent basis in a civil service position in the police department of the town of Falmouth on the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to certain employees of the MBTA advisory board
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[{'Id': 'T_V1', 'Name': 'Tommy Vitolo', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_V1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T13:11:51.6633333'}]
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By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2681) of Tommy Vitolo relative to retirement benefits for employees whose regular compensation is paid by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. The definition of “Employee” in section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- ''Employee'', as applied to persons whose regular compensation is paid by the advisory board to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority established in chapter 161A, shall mean any person who is engaged in duties which require that the person’s time be devoted to the service of said advisory board in each year during the ordinary working hours of regular and permanent employees .
SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after word “system”, in line 344, the following words:- , the advisory board to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as established in chapter 161A.
SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after word “District”, in line 390, the following words:- , the advisory board to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as established in chapter 161A.
SECTION 4. Section 2 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Authority”, in line 16, the following words:- , the advisory board to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as established in chapter 161A.
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Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith retirement benefits to persons whose regular compensation is paid by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority advisory board, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
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An Act relative to timely retirement payment
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{'Id': 'T_V1', 'Name': 'Tommy Vitolo', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_V1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T10:02:21.623'}
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[{'Id': 'T_V1', 'Name': 'Tommy Vitolo', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_V1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T10:02:21.6233333'}]
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By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2682) of Tommy Vitolo relative to timely retirement payments to retiring public employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (B) of subdivision (1) of Section 13 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following after the words “allowance becomes effective.”, the following:
“In the event circumstances beyond the retirement board’s control prevent the calculation of the full monthly payment by the first such full payment date, the retirement board shall pay 90% of its estimated full monthly payment until such time as the circumstances beyond the retirement board’s control are corrected. On an annual basis, the retirement board will notify the House and the Senate of all circumstances beyond the retirement board’s control that prevented the calculation of the full monthly payment by the first such full payment date.”
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An Act providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States
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{'Id': 'TJW1', 'Name': 'Thomas P. Walsh', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TJW1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:58:17.01'}
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[{'Id': 'TJW1', 'Name': 'Thomas P. Walsh', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TJW1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:58:17.01'}, {'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T08:44:04.6766667'}]
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{'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T08:44:04.677'}
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By Representative Walsh of Peabody and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2683) of Thomas P. Walsh and Bruce E. Tarr relative to providing the next of kin of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty with the flags of the Commonwealth and the United States. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 89E the following section:-
Section 89F. If a sworn police officer of a police department of city or town, a sworn police officer of the department of state police or a firefighter for a fire department of a city or town, is killed, or dies from injuries received, or dies as a natural or proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his or her employment, while in the performance of his or her duty, their next of kin shall receive a flag of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and a flag of the United States during the memorial service, the cost of which shall be borne by the commonwealth.
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An Act relative to veterans retirement and pensions
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{'Id': 'BLW1', 'Name': 'Bud L. Williams', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BLW1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-14T04:32:03.62'}
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[{'Id': 'BLW1', 'Name': 'Bud L. Williams', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BLW1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-14T04:32:03.62'}]
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By Representative Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2684) of Bud L. Williams relative to public employee retirement and pensions for certain veterans. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32: Section 60, is hereby amended by striking the following:
No veteran whose employment first begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, shall be subject to the provisions of sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive; nor shall any veteran whose employment first began on or before said June thirtieth be subject to said provisions unless at the time of his retirement the total period of his creditable service is at least equal to twice the time he was not in the employ of the commonwealth or of a county, city, town, district, authority or redevelopment authority subsequent to the date when his employment by the commonwealth or by a county, city, town, district, housing authority or redevelopment authority first began.
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An Act relative to Mass Port police officers
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{'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:18:19.543'}
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[{'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:18:19.5433333'}]
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By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2685) of Steven George Xiarhos that certain employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority be included in Group 4 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Editions, is hereby further amended by inserting in the description of Group 4 in paragraph (g) of subdivision (2), in line 268, after the words fire control men; the following:--- employees of the Massachusetts port authority who are employed as port officers and supervisors of said employees who shall include port sergeants, lieutenants, captains, assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, directors;
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An Act relative to the retirement benefits of Virginia E. Cummings
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{'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:26:41.67'}
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[{'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:26:41.67'}]
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By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2686) of Steven George Xiarhos that the State Board of Retirement be directed to grant an increased accidental disability retirement allowance to Lieutenant Virginia E. Cummings of the town of Bourne. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 7 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, and in order to promote the public good, the State Board of Retirement shall grant an increased accidental disability retirement allowance to Lieutenant Virginia E. Cummings of the Town of Bourne, who as a result of injuries sustained by violence of an inmate while in the performance of her duties on May 9, 2009 is permanently unable to perform the essential duties of her job and incapacitated for further services as a Correction Officer III. Virginia E. Cummings shall receive a yearly amount of pension of 72% of the rate of compensation which would have been paid to her had she continued in service as a Correction Officer III of the Department of Correction which was held by her at the time of her retirement. This disability allowance shall reflect the date which she planned to retire on her 65th birthday April 21, 2016.
SECTION 2. Upon the death of Virginia E. Cummings, leaving John P. Cummings, her husband, surviving her, the State Board of Retirement shall pay to him so long as he remains unmarried, an annuity of the amount of three-fourths of the amount of the pension payable to her at the time of her death.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to fair worker representation on joint purchasing group committees
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[{'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T10:30:02.31'}, {'Id': 'DAF1', 'Name': 'Dylan A. Fernandes', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DAF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-28T09:27:13.31'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T12:13:01.0433333'}, {'Id': 'CRF1', 'Name': 'Christopher Richard Flanagan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CRF1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T17:13:42.5066667'}]
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By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2687) of Steven George Xiarhos and others relative to fair worker representation on joint purchasing group committees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 12 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of paragraph 2 the following:- "Should a governmental agency enter into a trust or joint purchase agreement, a board and steering committee shall be established, including members of the appropriate public authorities, a minimum of one quarter (25%) of the members shall come from labor representatives elected from a list of representatives nominated by the collective bargaining units and a retiree from one of the governmental units appointed by the Retired State, County, and Municipal Association of Massachusetts. All members will be considered voting members.
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[{'Id': 'JDZ1', 'Name': 'Jonathan D. Zlotnik', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDZ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:22:12.82'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-25T16:23:45.8933333'}, {'Id': 'BWM1', 'Name': 'Brian W. Murray', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BWM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-25T16:23:45.8933333'}, {'Id': 'CAD1', 'Name': 'Carol A. Doherty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CAD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T19:04:55.2666667'}]
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By Representative Zlotnik of Gardner, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2688) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik and others relative to law enforcement officer benefit equity. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph:-
"Sixtieth:", "Police officer", "policeman", or "permanent member of a police force", shall include without limitation, any police officer or port officer appointed by the University of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts Port Authority, and campuses of the state universities and community colleges.
SECTION 2. Section 111f of chapter 41 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after the words:- "General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, and members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, for the purposes of this section the Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts military reservation shall be fire districts," the following:- "The provisions of this section shall also apply in all aspects to any University of Massachusetts police officer, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs police officer, Massachusetts Port Authority port officer, state university or community college police officer and supervisors of said police or port officers who shall include sergeants, lieutenants, captains, assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, and chiefs; ".
SECTION 3. Section 94 of chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority," the following words:- "or of the police force of the University of Massachusetts, or of the police force of the Massachusetts Port Authority, or of the police force of the state universities or community colleges, or of the police force of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs".
SECTION 4. Section 5 of chapter 467 Acts of 2004 so appearing, is hereby further amended in Line X by adding after the words "state or community college", the following words: - "or the University of Massachusetts".
SECTION 5. Section 32 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2016 Official edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 253, the words “University of Massachusetts police;".
SECTION 6. Section 3 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting in the description of Group 4 in paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) after the words "chief of security for the University of Massachusetts medical school or supervisory agent", in lines 322 through 324, the following words:- “employees of the University of Massachusetts who are employed as police officers and supervisors of said employees who shall include sergeants, lieutenants, captains, assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, and chiefs; employees of the Massachusetts Port Authority who are employed as port officers and supervisors of said employees who shall include port sergeants, lieutenants, captains, assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, and chiefs; employees of the state universities and community colleges who are employed as campus police officers and supervisors of said employees who shall include sergeants, lieutenants, captains, assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, and chiefs; ".
SECTION 7. The first paragraph of section 32A of chapter 75, as so appearing is hereby Amended, by striking out the second sentence and inserting in the place thereof the following sentence:- "The trustees shall appoint as police officers persons employed by the university who throughout university properties shall have the powers of police officers, except as to service of civil process".
SECTION 8. The second paragraph of section 32A of chapter 75, as so appearing is hereby amended by striking the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following words:-
"Police officers appointed by the trustees of the University of Massachusetts, in connection with the operation of any part of the university, throughout university properties including but not limited to upon lands, roads or properties owned, leased, occupied, sublet, or affiliated with the University of Massachusetts, and throughout any and all such roadways contiguous to said university property to and from all points and locales, may perform police duties under the commanding officer or the person in charge of such campus. While performing such duties within those limits, the police officers shall have the same authority, immunities and privileges as duly appointed and qualified police officers acting elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Every officer who receives an appointment to a position on a full-time basis in which that person may exercise police powers for any of the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, shall, prior to be certified pursuant to chapter 6E".
SECTION 9. Section 32 of chapter 75, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding third section by inserting the following words:- "Section 32C. While participating in the University of Massachusetts police cadet program, a UMass police cadet shall not be subject to or entitled to the benefits of any retirement or pension law, nor shall any deduction be made from a UMass police cadet's compensation for the purpose thereof; provided, however, that a UMass police cadet who successfully completes the UMass police cadet program and is appointed to the University of Massachusetts police department pursuant to Section 32A of chapter 75 or is enlisted as a state police officer, or is appointed as a police officer in the Office of Law Enforcement within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, Massachusetts Port Authority, or becomes an employee, as defined in section 1 of chapter 32, or is appointed as a municipal police officer, shall have any University of Massachusetts police cadet service considered as creditable service, as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 32, for purposes of retirement if the UMass police cadet pays into the annuity savings fund of the retirement system in 1 sum or installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, not later than 1 year after appointment as described above, such amount as the retirement board determines equal to that which the UMass police cadet would have paid had the UMass police cadet been a member of the retirement system during the period of employment as a University of Massachusetts police cadet, together with buyback interest.
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An Act relative to the retirement of University of Massachusetts police
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[{'Id': 'JDZ1', 'Name': 'Jonathan D. Zlotnik', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDZ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:21:42.13'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-24T10:52:02.5833333'}, {'Id': 'CAD1', 'Name': 'Carol A. Doherty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CAD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T19:05:16.5066667'}]
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By Representative Zlotnik of Gardner, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2689) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and Carol A. Doherty relative to the retirement of University of Massachusetts police. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Group 2 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 107 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, is hereby further amended by striking out the words University of Massachusetts police.
SECTION 2. Group 4 of said paragraph (g) of said subdivision (2) of said section 3 of said chapter 32, as appearing in the 1996 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words correctional facilities in line 336 the following words:- Police officers of the university of Massachusetts.
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An Act further regulating thoroughbred breeding
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[{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T17:09:27.4166667'}]
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 269) of Tackey Chan further regulating thoroughbred breeding. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Chapter 128 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 2(g) and inserting in place thereof the following:-
(g) Promote, develop and encourage through the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeding Program, the breeding of thoroughbred horses in the commonwealth by offering cash prizes to breeders of such horses in the following manner: the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc. shall from time to time after discussion with the director of racing set the percentages for bonuses to be awarded to the breeder of a Massachusetts bred thoroughbred horse, of the purse monies won by said thoroughbred horse in any pari-mutuel running horse race if said horse finishes first, second, third, fourth or fifth; the percentage for incentives to the owner of the stallion, at the time of service to the dam of such purse winner; provided, however, that (i) the stallion was registered by February 1st and stood the entire breeding season for that year in the commonwealth, (ii) the horse finishes first, second, third, fourth or fifth and (iii) said stallion is registered with the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association and was not registered to stand in any other state that year; the percentage for incentives for the purse monies won by said thoroughbred horse in any unrestricted pari-mutuel running horse race held within or outside the commonwealth to the owner of a Massachusetts bred/accredited horse if said horse finishes first, second, third, fourth or fifth.
The Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc. is further authorized to pay incentives for races to be limited to Massachusetts bred and accredited thoroughbred race horses from the Massachusetts thoroughbred breeding program at licensed pari-mutuel race meetings authorized by the state racing authority and after discussion with the Massachusetts director of racing, and to pay cash incentives to encourage breeding in Massachusetts. Such races may be betting or non-betting races and may or may not be scheduled races by the licensee conducting the racing meeting. Purse monies paid by the association under this section may be in such amounts as the association shall determine and may be the sole cash purse for such races or may be supplemental to the cash purses established by the licensee; and such discretion shall include the discretion to set an overall cap on awards earned.
No person shall be eligible for the prizes provided herein unless the following standards are met:
(1) The foal of a thoroughbred mare that drops said foal in the commonwealth and is bred back to a Massachusetts registered stallion shall be a Massachusetts bred; or
(2) The foal of a thoroughbred mare who resides in the commonwealth continuously for at least 90 days which includes foaling and foals in the commonwealth shall be Massachusetts bred.
(3) Any foal that is raised in the commonwealth for six months continuously prior to December 31st of its two year old year shall be a Massachusetts accredited horse.
(4) In either case of subparagraph (1),(2) or (3) each thoroughbred foal dropped or raised in the commonwealth shall be registered with the Jockey Club, and the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
(5) Prior to the first day of September of each year, each person standing a thoroughbred stallion in the commonwealth at either private or public service shall file with the the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association:
(a) a list of all thoroughbred mares bred to such stallion in that year; and (b) a verified statement representing that said stallion stood the entire breeding season in the commonwealth.
A Massachusetts accredited thoroughbred shall be eligible for any Massachusetts bred race, except for Massachusetts restricted stakes races. For Massachusetts bred stake races Massachusetts accredited horses may enter to fill the race after all Massbreds have already been entered in the race (Massbreds preferred). “Full race” to be determined by MTBA and the hosting track for the race.
Prior to the first day of September of each year, each person raising a weanling or yearling in Massachusetts for six months prior to December 31st of the horse’s two-year old year shall file with the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association a verified statement that it is raising the horse in Massachusetts and the location of the horse.
The Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc. is hereby further authorized to pay foaling bonuses to the owner of any mare that foals within the Commonwealth. To be eligible for such bonus, prior to foaling, the owner of such mare shall file with the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association a verified statement that the mare is in foal, the expected due date and the location of the mare.
The Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc.is hereby further authorized to expend up to twelve percent of the amount received each fiscal year for said program for advertising, marketing, promotion, and administration for the thoroughbred breeding program in the commonwealth.
The state auditor shall annually audit the books of the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association Inc., to ensure compliance with this section.
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An Act relative to the exemption of certain positions in the City of Gardner from the provisions of civil service
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{'Id': 'JDZ1', 'Name': 'Jonathan D. Zlotnik', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDZ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:14:31.523'}
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[{'Id': 'JDZ1', 'Name': 'Jonathan D. Zlotnik', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDZ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:14:31.5233333'}]
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By Representative Zlotnik of Gardner, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2690) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Gardner be authorized to exempt certain positions in the police department from certain provisions of the civil service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. All positions in the City of Gardner Police Department below the rank of Deputy Chief shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 31 of the Massachusetts General Laws.
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall not impair the civil service status of any person holding a position governed by said Chapter 31 on the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to the valuation of long term residences
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[{'Id': 'J_A1', 'Name': 'James Arciero', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/J_A1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:30:22.0766667'}, {'Id': None, 'Name': 'Peter Barbella', 'Type': 3, 'Details': None, 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T16:13:10.3933333'}]
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By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2691) of James Arciero and Peter Barbella relative to the assessed property tax valuation of certain long term residences. Revenue.
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SECTION 1: Chapter 59 of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 38, as appearing in the 2018 official edition, the following section:-
Section 38 1/2 In a city or town that accepts this section, the assessed valuation of real property owned by a person who has occupied said property for 30 years, shall be set at the valuation of the property pursuant to section 38 in the thirtieth year of domicile; provided, however, that said owner's income shall not exceed 100 percent of the area median income as determined by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; and provided further, that said owner shall not have more than $100,000 in liquid assets, excluding the value of their domicile. Said valuation shall not increase unless and until the real property is sold or transferred.
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An Act relative to increasing disability ratings for veterans
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[{'Id': 'J_A1', 'Name': 'James Arciero', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/J_A1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:28:11.5833333'}]
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By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2692) of James Arciero relative to increasing property tax exemptions for disabled veterans. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Clause Twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first 2 paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-
Twenty-second, Real estate of the following classes of persons who are legal residents of the commonwealth and who are veterans, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4, and whose last discharge or release from the armed forces was under other than dishonorable conditions and who were domiciled in Massachusetts for at least 6 months prior to entering such service, or who have resided in the commonwealth for 5 consecutive years next prior to date of filing for exemptions under this clause, hereinafter referred to in this clause as soldiers and sailors, provided such real estate is occupied in whole or in part as his domicile by such person, and provided, further that if the spouse of the soldier or sailor is also a soldier or sailor each shall receive the amount of exemption provided in this clause to the same extent as if unmarried, to the amount of $2000 of assessed taxable valuation or the sum of $400, or the amount of money which corresponds with the percentage of the soldier or sailor’s disability as provided in paragraph (a), whichever would result in an abatement of the greater amount of actual taxes due. No real estate shall be so exempt which the assessors shall adjudge has been conveyed to a soldier or sailor or to the spouse, surviving spouse, father or mother of a soldier or sailor to evade taxation.
(a) Soldiers and sailors who, as a result of disabilities contracted while in the line of duty, have a disability rating of 10 per cent or more as determined by the Veterans Administration or by any branch of the armed forces. The department of revenue shall establish an incremental exemption scale, which shall provide no less than $400 for a disability rating of 10 per cent and no more than $1,000 for a disability rating of 100 per cent, with increments of disability increasing by no greater than 10 per cent for each corresponding exemption amount. After the assessors have allowed an exemption under this clause, no further evidence of the existence of the facts required by this clause shall be required in any subsequent year in the city or town in which the exemption has been allowed, unless the disability rating determined by the Veterans Administration or any branch of the armed forces is reduced to less than 10 per cent; provided, however, that the assessors may refuse to allow an exemption in any subsequent year if they become aware that the soldier or sailor did not satisfy all of the requisites of this clause at the time the exemption was first granted.
SECTION 2. The department of revenue, in collaboration with the commissioner of veterans’ affairs shall issue the incremental exemption scale required by paragraph (a) of clause Twenty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 and any rules or regulations necessary to implement such scale on or before January 1, 2025.
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An Act relative to non-contiguous farm land
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[{'Id': 'J_A1', 'Name': 'James Arciero', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/J_A1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:27:02.05'}, {'Id': 'DFD1', 'Name': 'David F. DeCoste', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DFD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-05T16:38:16.84'}]
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By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2693) of James Arciero relative to non-contiguous farm land. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 4 of Chapter 61A of the general laws is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph thereof, the following new sentences:
Whenever an owner holds two or more non-contiguous areas of land in one or more subdivisions of the commonwealth equaling not less than five acres, said owner shall have right to apply for the provisions of this section provided all parcels are within a 10-mile radius of one another, or within the confines of a single municipality. Said acreage shall meet all the requirements for the benefits of this section as if the land was contiguous.
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An Act relative to the exemption of the sales or use tax for leased motor vehicles
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[{'Id': 'J_A1', 'Name': 'James Arciero', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/J_A1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:37:44.26'}, {'Id': None, 'Name': 'Anthony M. Vacca', 'Type': 3, 'Details': None, 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:58:49.3333333'}]
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By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2694) of James Arciero and Anthony M. Vacca relative to the exemption of the sales or use tax for leased motor vehicles. Revenue.
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Section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “registered”, in line 353, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, the following words:- or leased.
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An Act relative to student loan debt relief tax credit
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[{'Id': 'J_A1', 'Name': 'James Arciero', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/J_A1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:33:33.1'}, {'Id': 'MMD1', 'Name': 'Michelle M. DuBois', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MMD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T20:20:12.5066667'}]
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By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2695) of James Arciero and Michelle M. DuBois relative to providing for a student loan debt relief tax credit. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 62 is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
(w) (1) As used in this subsection, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-
“Department”, department of higher education.
“Qualified taxpayer”, an individual who has: (i) incurred at least $20,000 in undergraduate or graduate student loan debt or both; and (ii) has at least $5,000 in outstanding undergraduate or graduate student loan debt or both when submitting an application under paragraph (3).
(2) Subject to the limitations of this subsection, a qualified taxpayer may take a credit against the taxes imposed by this chapter.
(3) (A) By September 15 of each year, an individual shall submit an application to the department for the credit allowed under this subsection.
The individual shall submit with the application an assurance that the individual will use any credit approved under this subsection for the repayment of the individual's undergraduate or graduate student loan debt or both as soon as practicable. The total amount of the credit claimed under this subsection shall be recaptured if the individual does not use the credit approved under this subsection for the repayment of the individual's undergraduate or graduate student loan debt or both within 2 years from the close of the taxable year for which the credit is claimed. The individual who claimed the credit shall pay the total amount of the credit claimed as taxes payable to the commonwealth for the taxable year in which the event requiring recapture of the credit occurs.
(B) By December 15 of each year the department shall certify to the individual the amount of any tax credit approved by the department under this subsection, not to exceed $2,500.
(C) For any taxable year, the total amount of credits approved by the department under this subsection may not exceed $9,000,000.
(D) To claim the tax credit allowed under this subsection, an individual shall attach a copy of the department’s certification of the approved credit amount to the income tax return.
(4) The department shall prioritize tax credit recipients and amounts based on qualified taxpayers who:
(i) have higher debt burden to income ratios;
(ii) graduated from an institution of higher education located in the commonwealth;
(iii) did not receive a tax credit in a prior year; or
(iv) were eligible for in-State tuition.
(5) If the tax credit allowed under this subsection in any taxable year exceeds the total tax otherwise payable by the qualified taxpayer for that taxable year, the qualified taxpayer may claim a refund in the amount of the excess.
(6) The department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
SECTION 2. The department of higher education shall establish and implement by September 1, 2019, an outreach and marketing plan to make eligible taxpayers aware of the availability of the tax credit established in subsection (w) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws.
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An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment
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By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2696) of James Arciero relative to income tax deductions for certain education debts paid by employers. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Subsection (d) of section 2 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subclause (I), the following subclause:-
(J) An amount equal to the principal payments on education debts paid by an employer on behalf of an employee who is a resident of the commonwealth; provided, however, that the amount of the deduction shall not exceed $2,000. For purposes of this subclause, “education debt” shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of Part B of section 3.
SECTION 2. Chapter 63 of the General Laws, as appearing the 2014 Official Edition, shall hereby be amended by inserting after section 38FF the following new section:-
Section 38GG. (a) For the purposes of this section, “education debt” shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of Part B of section 3 of chapter 62.
(b) In determining the net income subject to tax under this chapter, a business corporation shall be allowed a deduction of an amount equal to the principal payments on education debts paid by the business corporation on behalf of an employee who is a resident of the commonwealth; provided however, that the deduction taken for payments on education debts paid on behalf of any individual employee shall not exceed $2,000.
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An Act to reform payments in lieu of taxes for state-owned land
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[{'Id': 'SBA1', 'Name': 'Shirley B. Arriaga', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SBA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T13:55:55.9233333'}, {'Id': 'PWM0', 'Name': 'Paul W. Mark', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PWM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T16:29:45.9433333'}, {'Id': None, 'Name': 'Diana DiZoglio', 'Type': 3, 'Details': None, 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T13:55:55.94'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T10:13:58.3666667'}, {'Id': 'WSP1', 'Name': 'Smitty Pignatelli', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WSP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-27T11:52:16.55'}]
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{'Id': 'PWM0', 'Name': 'Paul W. Mark', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PWM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T13:55:55.923'}
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By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2697) of Shirley B. Arriaga, Paul W. Mark and others for legislation to reform payments in lieu of taxes for state-owned land. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 16 of chapter 58 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words “reimbursement percentage”.
SECTION 2. Section 17 of chapter 58 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-
Section 17. The treasurer in every year, not later than November twentieth, shall reimburse each town in which the commonwealth owns lands for the purposes named in section thirteen an amount in lieu of taxes upon the value of such land as reported to him by the commissioner under the preceding section, determined by multiplying each thousand dollars of valuation or fractional part thereof by the rate and in an amount provided for as follows:-
The rate equal to the average of the annual rates for three years preceding that in which such value is laid, said annual rates to be determined by an apportionment of the whole amount of money to be raised by taxation upon property in the commonwealth during each of the said three years, as returned by the assessors and approved by the commissioner, upon the aggregate valuation of all towns for each of the said three years, as returned under section 10C of chapter 58t.
The amount shall never be less than that paid in the prior year, except for the value of land removed from the program as described in section 15 of chapter 58.
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An Act amending the tax deduction for medical, dental and other expenses
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HD444
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{'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T10:05:11.863'}
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[{'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T10:05:11.8633333'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T17:40:34.8966667'}, {'Id': 'WSP1', 'Name': 'Smitty Pignatelli', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WSP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-24T10:18:15.64'}, {'Id': 'BWM1', 'Name': 'Brian W. Murray', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BWM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-25T08:53:23.0266667'}, {'Id': 'CAD1', 'Name': 'Carol A. Doherty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CAD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-06T16:21:09.8466667'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-13T13:13:22.2366667'}, {'Id': 'P_M1', 'Name': 'Paul McMurtry', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/P_M1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-16T11:03:03.0166667'}]
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By Representative Ashe of Longmeadow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2698) of Brian M. Ashe and others relative to the income tax deduction for medical, dental and other expenses. Revenue.
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Subparagraph (4) of paragraph (b) of Part B of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- An amount equal to the deduction for medical, dental and other expenses allowed under section 213 of the Code as currently in effect.
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An Act relative to exemptions for small charities for tax upon raffle proceeds
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2699) of Bruce J. Ayers for legislation to exempt small charities from the tax on raffle proceeds. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 7A of Chapter 271 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “proceeds”, in line 112, the following words:— over $12,000.
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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for a Constitutional right to health care
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{'Id': 'MSD1', 'Name': 'Michael S. Day', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T16:24:31.993'}
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[{'Id': None, 'Name': 'Vincent L. Dixon ', 'Type': 3, 'Details': None, 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T16:24:31.9933333'}]
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By Representative Day of Stoneham (by request), a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, House, No. 27) of Vincent L. Dixon for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to establish a right to health care. Health Care Financing.
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ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
1.) The Constitution of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is hereby, and thus amended, to provide that:
Each, and every inhabitant of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has a Right to Health Care.
2.) The provision of this Right, with equality for all individuals, shall be subject to appropriate legislation by the Great and General Court.
The roles, and decision-making of all personal physicians, hospital physicians, and all other medical personnel, who are appropriately involved in the care of any individual, shall be respected, according to all appropriate medical standards, laws, and regulations.
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An Act relative to the issuance of a class 1 dealer license
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{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T17:20:07.477'}
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[{'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T17:20:07.4766667'}]
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By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 270) of Tackey Chan relative to the issuance of class 1 dealers' licenses. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 59 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended, at the end thereof, by inserting the following new paragraph:
A person, within ten days of such action, may appeal to the registrar the action of a licensing board or officer to approve and grant a class 1 license to a party pursuant to section 58 and this section. For the purposes of this section, a class 1 licensee, licensed under subsection (b) of Section 58, shall be deemed to have standing to challenge, administratively and judicially, the issuance of a class 1 license to another person by a licensing board or officer under this chapter if said class 1 licensee, asserting a challenge, alleges that said licensing board or officer has approved a class 1 license to a party that has not satisfied the requirements of said subsection (b) of section 58. The registrar shall adopt rules and regulations providing for a process in which a person, including, but not limited to, a class 1 licensee, licensed under subsection (b) of section 58, may challenge the decision of a licensing board or officer pursuant to this section. The registrar shall render a decision either to affirm or revoke the license in dispute within thirty days of receipt of the challenge. A person who is aggrieved by the decision of the registrar to re-affirm or revoke the approval of the class 1 license so challenged pursuant to the process herein may, within ten days after such action by the registrar, appeal therefrom to any justice of the superior court in the county in which the premises sought to be occupied under the license or permit applied for are located. The justice shall, after such notice to the parties as he deems reasonable, give a summary hearing on such appeal, and shall have jurisdiction in equity to review all questions of fact or law and may affirm or reverse the decision of the board or officer and may make any appropriate decree.
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[{'Id': 'BJA1', 'Name': 'Bruce J. Ayers', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BJA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T10:57:44.4433333'}, {'Id': 'AJS1', 'Name': 'Adam Scanlon', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-26T11:33:18.57'}]
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2700) of Bruce J. Ayers and Adam Scanlon relative to providing property tax relief for small business owners. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 59 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 5J, the following section:—
Section 5K. With respect to each parcel of real property classified as class three, commercial, in each city or town certified by the commissioner to be assessing all property at its full and fair cash valuation, and at the option of the board of selectmen or mayor, with the approval of the city council, there shall be an exemption equal to not more than 10 percent of the average assessed value of all property classified as class 3 commercial property; provided, however, that such an exemption shall only be applied to property that is owned and occupied by a business that employed 50 persons or less in the year preceding the assessment date for the property; and provided further that such an exemption shall only apply to property with an assessed valuation below 1 million dollars. This exemption shall be in addition to any exemptions allowable under section 5. The value of exemption granted under this section shall be borne by the combined value of class 3 commercial property.
For the purpose of this section the determination of the number of persons employed by the director of the division of employment and training pursuant of section 64A of chapter 151A.
Section 2. Chapter 151A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 64, the following new section:—
Section 64A. The director shall on or before July first of each year provide to the chairman of the board of assessors in each city and town a list of all employers located in said city or town with an average annual employment of 50 persons or less during the previous year. The list shall be confidential and shall be used only by the assessor or employees duly designated by the assessors for the purpose of determining eligibility for property tax exemptions pursuant to section 5K of chapter 59.
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An Act extending certain existing sales tax exemptions to veteran's organizations
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2701) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to certain sales tax exemptions for veterans’ organizations. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Subparagraph (e) of section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following phrase in line 22 after the words “five hundred and one (c)(3)”:— “or five hundred and one (c)(19)”.
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An Act relative to providing tax processing and filing assistance for certain disabled veterans
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2702) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to providing tax processing and filing assistance for certain disabled veterans. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 33 of chapter 62C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:—
(g) The provisions of this section include, but are not limited to, the waiver of interest and penalties stated in this chapter for any veteran of the United States Armed Forces, as defined in section 7 of chapter 4, who suffers from post traumatic stress syndrome as determined by the Veterans Administration and whose delinquency resulted directly from effects of the disorder.
SECTION 2. The department of revenue shall implement a program providing assistance to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, as defined in section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, as determined by the United States Veterans Administration.
The assistance shall include, but not be limited to, providing training and assistance to veterans and local veterans offices regarding basic tax information and how to contact the department for assistance.
In addition, the department shall provide, within its Taxpayer Assistance Division, resources for assisting qualified veterans in preparing their tax returns.
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An Act exempting certain fraternal organizations from the tax of sales of alcoholic beverages
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[{'Id': 'BJA1', 'Name': 'Bruce J. Ayers', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BJA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:01:12.4133333'}, {'Id': 'AJS1', 'Name': 'Adam Scanlon', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-12T11:59:15.66'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-12T11:59:15.66'}]
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2703) of Bruce J. Ayers that certain fraternal organizations be exempt from the tax on the sale of alcoholic beverages. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section one of Chapter 63A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 9 after the words “veterans organizations” the following phrase:— “or other fraternal organization”.
Chapter 63A of the General Laws is hereby further amended by inserting the following section:—
Section 6. Section 2 shall not apply to sales of alcoholic beverages made to members of the organization and their guests if such beverages are served in a lounge or similar area which is reserved for the exclusive use of such members and guests and which is not otherwise available for use or hire by the general public. Said section 2 shall also not be effective when sales of alcoholic beverages are made at special events, gatherings, dinners and ceremonies of the organization if such sales are made in a lounge or similar area that is ordinarily available for use or hire by the general public; provided that the only attendees are members and their duly qualified guests.
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An Act providing an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who are elderly or victims of Alzheimer's disease
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[{'Id': 'BJA1', 'Name': 'Bruce J. Ayers', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BJA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:02:53.3433333'}, {'Id': 'K_K2', 'Name': 'Kristin E. Kassner', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/K_K2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-15T09:14:45.35'}]
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2704) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to providing an income tax credit for families caring for relatives at home who are elderly or totally disabled with Alzheimer’s disease. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (a) the following new paragraph:—
(b) A credit of $600 shall be allowed against the taxes due if the taxpayer has provided more than one-half of the support for an elderly relative who has attained the age of 70 before the taxable year, or for a totally disabled relative with Alzheimer’s Disease, provided that the relative resided with the taxpayer for more than 6 months of the taxable year and provided further that the adjusted gross income of the relative does not exceed $20,000 in the case of a single return and $35,000 in the case of a joint return. If the credit provided in this section reduces the tax to zero, the taxpayer shall be entitled to a refund equal to the amount by which the amount of the credit exceeded the amount of tax due.
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An Act relative to the deduction of health insurance payments from gross income for self employed individuals
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{'Id': 'BJA1', 'Name': 'Bruce J. Ayers', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BJA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:05:04.977'}
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2705) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to providing a tax deduction of health insurance payments from gross income for self-employed individuals. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end of section 2, subsection (a)(2) the following:—
(k) Amounts paid during the taxable year by a self-employed individual, as defined in section 401(c)(I)(B) of the Code, for insurance which constitutes medical care for the self-employed individual, their spouse and dependents.
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An Act establishing a homestead exemption for disabled veterans
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2706) of Bruce J. Ayers for legislation to establish a homestead exemption for disabled veterans. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out clause Twenty-second C, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
Twenty-second C, Real estate owned and used as the residence or domicile of a soldier, sailor, or member of the National Guard, who is a veteran as defined in clause 43 of section 7 of chapter 4, and whose last discharge or release from the armed forces was under other than dishonorable conditions, and who, according to the records of the Veterans Administration, by reason of such service in the armed forces of the United States, suffered in the line of duty permanent and total disability, is exempt from taxation; provided, that the soldier, sailor, member or veteran is a permanent resident of the commonwealth and has legal title to the real estate on January 1 of the tax year for which exemption is being claimed. An exemption under this clause shall continue unchanged for the benefit of the surviving spouse after the death of such disabled veteran, as long as the surviving spouse of the qualified veteran shall remain an owner and occupant of a domicile subject to the exemption, until the time such spouse remarries or sells or otherwise disposes of the real estate; provided, however, that if the spouse sells the real estate, an exemption not to exceed the amount granted in the most recent tax year may be transferred to real estate occupied by the surviving spouse as the surviving spouse’s primary residence or domicile, until the time the surviving spouse remarries.
The production by a veteran or surviving spouse of a letter of total and permanent disability from the United States Government or United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor before the property appraiser of the county in which real estate of the veteran lies is prima facie evidence of the fact that the veteran or the surviving spouse is entitled to the exemption.
SECTION 2. The first paragraph of clause Twenty-second D of section 5 of chapter 59, as amended by section 9 of chapter 141 of the acts of 2016, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “however”, the following words:- that the soldier, sailor, member or veteran was a permanent resident of the commonwealth on January 1 of the year in which they died; and provided, further,.
SECTION 3. The second paragraph of said clause Twenty-second D of said section 5 of said chapter 59, as so amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “or remarries” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- remarries or otherwise disposes of the real estate. If the surviving spouse sells the real estate, an exemption not to exceed the amount granted from the most recent tax year may be transferred to real estate occupied by the surviving spouse as the surviving spouse’s domicile under the same conditions as provided in this clause.
SECTION 4. Clause Twenty-second F of section 5 of chapter 59, as amended by section 10 of chapter 141 of the acts of 2016, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “paraplegics”, in line 866, the following words:-, hemiplegics, or who must use a wheelchair for mobility.
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An Act providing for a donation check-off box on state tax returns for the Massachusetts Youth & Government program
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[{'Id': 'BJA1', 'Name': 'Bruce J. Ayers', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BJA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:14:11.01'}, {'Id': 'JPL1', 'Name': 'Jack Patrick Lewis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JPL1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'MJS3', 'Name': 'Michael J. Soter', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJS3', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'DPL1', 'Name': 'David Paul Linsky', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DPL1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'MOM0', 'Name': 'Michael O. Moore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MOM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'jwm1', 'Name': 'Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/jwm1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'WFT0', 'Name': 'Walter F. Timilty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WFT0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'MJM2', 'Name': 'Mathew J. Muratore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJM2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:35:16.6533333'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-24T11:58:55.2266667'}]
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By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2707) of Bruce J. Ayers and others for legislation to provide a donation check-off box on state tax returns for the establishment of the Y.M.C.A youth and government fund. Revenue.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 35AAA, inserted by section 25 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, the following section:-
Section 35BBB. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the YMCA’s Youth & Government Fund to be used for the purposes of funding the YMCA’s Youth & Government program. The fund shall be administered by the state treasurer. The fund shall consist of all revenues received by the commonwealth pursuant to the voluntary check-off donation indicated on the department of revenue’s annual income tax return authorized by section 6O of chapter 62 and from public and private sources such as gifts, grants and donations to further fund the YMCA’s Youth & Government program. The state treasurer shall deposit amounts in the fund in accordance with section 34 of chapter 29 in a manner that will secure the highest interest rate available consistent with the safety of the fund and with the requirement that all amounts on deposit shall be available for immediate withdrawal at any time. The monies shall be expended by the state treasurer without further appropriation for the purposes of funding the YMCA’s Youth & Government program and any funds remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for use in subsequent fiscal years.
SECTION 2. Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 6N, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, the following section:-
Section 6O. A person filing an individual or a joint return may voluntarily contribute all or part of any refund to which they are entitled, or may voluntarily add an amount on to any amount due, to be credited to the YMCA’s Youth & Government Fund. A contribution under this section may be made with respect to any taxable year at the time of filing a return of the tax established by this chapter for such taxable year. The commissioner shall prescribe the manner in which the contribution shall be made on the face of the return required by section 5 of chapter 62C; provided, however, that the commissioner shall assure that taxpayers filing any such forms are made clearly aware of their ability to make the contributions provided for by this section. The commissioner shall annually report the total amount designated under this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amount to the YMCA’s Youth & Government Fund.
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By Representatives Barber of Somerville and Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2708) of Christine P. Barber, Erika Uyterhoeven and others relative to further regulating the inclusion of federal gross income in the calculation of the taxation of corporations and to create progressive revenue. Revenue.
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SECTION A. Subsection (e) of Section 1 of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 273 of the Acts of 2018, is hereby further amended by striking the second sentence and replacing it with the following: -- Amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951 of the Code shall be treated as dividends under this chapter; provided that amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951A of the Code shall not be treated as dividends.
SECTION B. Subsection (a) of Part B. of Section 3 of said Chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: -- (20) An amount equal to fifty percent of amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951A of the Code.
SECTION C. The definition of “Net income” in Section 1 of Chapter 63 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 273 of the Acts of 2018, is hereby further amended by striking the sixth sentence and replacing it with the following: -- For purposes of this definition, amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951 of the Code shall be treated as dividends; provided that amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951A of the Code shall not be treated as dividends.
SECTION D. The definition of “Net income” in Section 1 of Chapter 63 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 273 of the Acts of 2018, is hereby further amended by striking subsection (g) and replacing it with the following: -- (g) the deductions allowed by sections 245A, 250(a)(1)(A), and 965(c) of the Code.
SECTION E. Section 2A of said chapter 63, as so amended, is hereby further amended by striking subsection (h) and replacing it with the following: -- (h) For purposes of this section, dividends that are deemed to be received from an entity, including amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951 of the Code, shall not be considered receipts, and amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951A of the Code also shall not be considered receipts.
SECTION F. Paragraph 4 of Section 30 of said chapter 63, as so amended, is hereby further amended by striking the fourth sentence and replacing it with the following: -- For purposes of this section and subsection (a) of section 38, amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951 of the Code shall be treated as dividends; provided that amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951A of the Code shall not be treated as dividends.
SECTION G. Said Paragraph 4 of Section 30 of said chapter 63, as so amended, is hereby further amended by striking clause (viii) and replacing it with the following: -- (viii) the deductions allowed by sections 245A, 250(a)(1)(A), and 965(c) of the Code.
SECTION H. Section 38 of said chapter 63, as so amended, is hereby further amended by inserting, after the word “dividends” in the first sentence of the second paragraph of subsection (f) the following: -- , amounts included in federal gross income pursuant to section 951A of the Code.
SECTION I. The provisions of this act shall apply to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.
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An Act relative to the bundled cell phone taxation
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By Representative Barrows of Mansfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2709) of F. Jay Barrows relative to the sales tax on mobile telecommunications devices purchased with a service contract. Revenue.
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Section 1 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “services.” in line 283 the following new sentence: --
In the case of the sale by a vendor of a mobile telecommunications device with mobile telecommunications services, the tax shall be imposed upon the sales price of the mobile telecommunications device.
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