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An Act creating a behavioral health emergency response pilot program
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By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1602) of Walter F. Timilty for legislation to create a behavioral health emergency response pilot program. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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Chapter 6A of the General Laws shall be amended by inserting the following new section:-
Section 18AA. (a) The executive office of public safety and security, in collaboration with the department of public health and the department of mental health, shall establish and provide regulatory and administrative oversight to the behavioral health emergency response pilot program, a co-response pilot program to increase the availability of behavioral health clinicians to assist municipal police, fire and emergency medical professionals in emergency response of 911 calls.
(b)(1) The program shall establish an application process for seeking a grant and participating in the pilot program, criteria for municipal applicants, criteria for behavioral health clinician staff, a process for determining approval for a grant application, and a data collection system to understand outcomes of the co-response pilot program, including but not limited to the number of individuals served, the demographics including age, gender, race, and ethnicity of individuals served, the number and types of emergency calls, the number of emergency calls requiring behavioral health clinician intervention, and behavioral health resources provided to individuals served.
(b)(2) The program shall collaborate with a board of community-based behavioral health organizations. The board shall include the executive director of the national alliance on mental illness Massachusetts or a designee, the president of the association for behavioral healthcare or a designee, the executive director of the Massachusetts chapter of the national association of social workers or a designee, the director of greater Boston association of black social workers or a designee, the director of the Massachusetts peer support network or a designee, the director of the western Massachusetts learning community or designee, and the president of the Massachusetts league of community health centers or a designee.
(d) Behavioral health clinician staff shall not respond to an emergency call without a municipal police, fire or emergency medical professional.
(e) The program shall establish an educational programing for municipal police, fire and emergency medical professionals in the areas of behavioral health, community policing and serving individuals with disabilities.
(f) The program shall report not later than 12 months after the effective date of this act and annually thereafter to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public health, and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security. The report shall include but not be limited to an outline of grant allocation, the number of municipal department participants, the number of behavioral health clinician staff, the data results of the pilot program, identified barriers to establishing and maintaining the program, response measures taken to promote public safety.
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An Act concerning the arrest without a warrant of persons on probation
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[{'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T13:55:18.4333333'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-09-19T06:17:14.03'}]
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By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1603) of John C. Velis for legislation relative to paper warrants and persons on probation. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 279 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting before line 1 the following paragraph:-
For the purposes of this section, probation officer shall include a chief probation officer, a regional probation supervisor, a statewide probation supervisor, the director of the ELMO center, the deputy commissioner of field services, and any other personnel whom the commissioner of probation shall direct.
SECTION 2. Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 51 the word “temporary”.
SECTION 3. Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 52-53 the words “for a period not to exceed 72 hours or until the next sitting of the court, during which period the” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- .The
SECTION 4. Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 55, after the word “before the following:- the next sitting of
SECTION 5. Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 59 the word “temporary”.
SECTION 6. Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting in line 60 after the word “thereto.” the words: - The probationer shall be brought before the next session of the court having jurisdiction over the place where the person is held or to the court that set the conditions of release.
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An Act relative to the health of correctional employees
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[{'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T14:01:28.41'}]
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By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1604) of John C. Velis for legislation relative to the health of correctional employees. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
94C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary affecting the non-contributory or contributory system, any condition of impairment of health caused by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder resulting in total or partial disability or death to an employee of a correctional facility, shall, if he successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service, or subsequently successfully passed a physical examination, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence.
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An Act related to public safety and police evidence review
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By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1605) of John C. Velis for legislation related to public safety and police evidence review. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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Notwithstanding any general law or special law to the contrary, law enforcement departments shall provide resources to ensure officers can make an accurate statement.
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An Act relative to protecting our waterways
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By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1606) of John C. Velis, Michael O. Moore and Brian M. Ashe for legislation to protect our waterways. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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SECTION 1: Section 12 of Chapter 90B of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in the first paragraph, by inserting after the words “ by members of the state police,” the following: “by deputy sheriffs”
SECTION 2: Section 10G of Chapter 21A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended, in the first paragraph, by inserting after the words “by members of the state police,” the following: “by deputy sheriffs”
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An Act relative to increasing public safety
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[{'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T19:05:37.37'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-08T12:11:32.9366667'}, {'Id': 'A_G0', 'Name': 'Adam Gomez', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/A_G0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-13T12:27:17.1233333'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-21T15:33:41.0666667'}, {'Id': 'KWP1', 'Name': 'Kelly W. Pease', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/KWP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-21T15:33:41.0666667'}]
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By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1607) of John C. Velis and Brian M. Ashe for legislation relative to increasing public safety. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 90C of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in Section 2, by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
“Each police chief shall issue citation books to each permanent full-time police officer of his department whose duties may or will include traffic duty or traffic law enforcement, or directing or controlling traffic, and to such other officers as he at his discretion may determine. Each Sheriff may issue citation books to each deputy sheriff of his or her department whose duties may or will include traffic duty or traffic law enforcement, or directing or controlling traffic, and to such other deputy sheriffs he or her at his or her discretion may determine. Each police chief or Sheriff shall obtain a receipt on a form approved by the registrar from such officer to whom a citation book has been issued. Each police chief or Sheriff shall also maintain citation books at police or Sheriff’s department headquarters for the recording of automobile law violations by police officers or deputy sheriffs to whom citation books have not been issued. The executive office of public safety and security shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing the standards required by this section for the issuance of electronic citations, including the proper equipment to be maintained by each department. In lieu of issuing citation books or in addition thereto, each police chief or Sheriff whose department issues citations electronically may grant authority to do so to each police officer or deputy sheriff of his or her department who has been trained pursuant to the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 90C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting in the definition of “Police Chief” after the words “the colonel of state police” the following words: “the Sheriff of a county.”
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An Act relative to the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts State Police
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{'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T13:12:59.71'}
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[{'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T13:12:59.71'}, {'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-09T16:18:50.2066667'}, {'Id': 'CLG1', 'Name': 'Carmine Lawrence Gentile', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-28T11:52:05.59'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-28T11:52:05.59'}, {'Id': 'SSH1', 'Name': 'Steven S. Howitt', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SSH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-28T11:52:05.59'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-04T16:46:14.16'}, {'Id': 'NJO1', 'Name': 'Norman J. Orrall', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/NJO1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-11T13:55:44.1166667'}, {'Id': 'WFT0', 'Name': 'Walter F. Timilty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WFT0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-13T12:11:05.0933333'}]
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By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1608) of John C. Velis and Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to the equality of wage and recruitment of the Massachusetts State Police. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
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Section 22C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new section:
Section XX. There is hereby reestablished a career incentive pay program offering base salary increases to regular full-time members of the state police department as an incentive for furthering the education of current officers and recruiting diverse candidates to the state police through future recruitment and the cadet program. This section shall not apply to officers currently receiving career incentive pay for educational degrees under any other program or law.
In order to rectify an equity issue on the State Police, the police career incentive base salary increases shall equal the already existing incentive and be predicated on the accumulation of points earned in the following manner: one point for each semester hour credit earned toward a baccalaureate or an associate degree; sixty points for an associate degree; one hundred and twenty points for a baccalaureate degree; and one hundred and fifty points for a degree of master or for a degree in law. All semester credits and degrees shall be earned in an accredited educational institution and shall be credited for the purpose of determining points under this section, notwithstanding the date of appointment of an individual to a position described in the first paragraph of this section. Only graduates of: (1) an accredited degree program offered by an institution of higher learning in order to ensure diverse educational backgrounds of current and future officers, or (2) accredited law schools shall be eligible for the police career incentive pay program.
Base salary increases authorized by this section shall be granted in the following manner: a ten percent increase for sixty points, a twenty percent increase for one hundred and twenty points, and a twenty-five percent increase for one hundred and fifty points so accumulated.
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An Act further regulating the retirement rights of certain employees of Plymouth County
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1609) of Michael D. Brady, Mathew J. Muratore, Patrick M. O'Connor and John F. Keenan for legislation to grant group 4 status to officers who retire from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department. Public Service.
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Section 2A of chapter 124 of the acts of 1953, as inserted by chapter 260 of the acts of 1987, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "assistant criminal identification officer employed by the county of Barnstable" the following words:- or the county of Plymouth.
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An Act relative to charitable alcohol donations
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[{'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T10:36:08.9266667'}, {'Id': 'TRE7', 'Name': 'Deborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TRE7', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-21T07:42:56.52'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-28T23:42:41.1266667'}]
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By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 161) of James B. Eldridge, Deborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General and Lindsay N. Sabadosa for legislation relative to charitable alcohol donations. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following section:-
Section 12D. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the local licensing authority in a city or town that votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages may grant temporary licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises to applicants that are nonprofit charitable corporations organized under chapter 180 and registered with the non-profit organizations and public charities division of the office of the attorney general.
Each such temporary license shall describe the premises to which it applies and shall be granted only for the premises that are the principal place of business or headquarters of the applicant and that are legally zoned to allow such sales, or that are the premises of a licensee under section 12. The temporary license shall not be valid for more than 10 consecutive calendar days and a holder of any such temporary license shall not be granted more than 2 such licenses in a calendar year. A holder of a temporary license under this subsection shall be permitted to conduct such sales on any day and at any time permitted under said section 12. Any alcoholic beverages sold under this subsection shall be donated at no charge to the license holder and any alcoholic beverages donated may be dispensed by the employees or agents of the donors of such beverages, without compensation for the dispensing services. All proceeds from such sales shall be used for the license holder’s charitable purpose.
The fee for the temporary license shall not exceed the minimum fee provided for holders of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages. The application procedures under section 15A shall not apply to temporary licenses under this subsection; provided, however, that such applications may be granted by the local licensing authority according to the local procedures for granting licenses under section 14.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the local licensing authority in a city or town that votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages may grant temporary licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises, to joint applicants that consist of not less than 1 nonprofit charitable corporation organized under chapter 180 and registered with the non-profit organizations and public charities division of the office of the attorney general and a licensee under section 12.
The temporary license shall describe the premises to which it applies and shall be granted only for the premises of the joint applicant that is a licensee under said section 12. The temporary license shall not be valid for more than 10 consecutive calendar days and a holder of any such temporary license shall not be granted more than 2 such licenses in a calendar year. A holder of a temporary license under this subsection shall be permitted to conduct such sales on any day and at any time permitted under said section 12. Any alcoholic beverages sold under this section shall be donated at no charge to the license holder and any alcoholic beverages donated may be dispensed by the employees or agents of the donor of such beverages without compensation for the dispensing services. A majority of the proceeds from such sales shall be used for the charitable corporation license holder's charitable purposes.
The fee for such temporary license shall not exceed the minimum fee provided for holders of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail. The application procedures under section 15A shall not apply to such temporary licenses under this subsection; provided, however, that such applications may be granted by the local licensing authority according to the local procedures for granting licenses under section 14.
SECTION 2. Section 14 of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the second paragraph in its entirety.
SECTION 3. Chapter 138 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 14A, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 14A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the licensing authority in any city or town that votes to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages may grant licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages at auctions, not to be drunk on the premises, to an applicant that is licensed as an auctioneer pursuant to chapter 100 for not less than 10 years. Each license shall describe the premises to which it applies and shall be granted only for the premises which are either the principal place of business or headquarters of the applicant and legally zoned to allow such sales or which are the premises of a licensee under section 12 or section 15. The fee for the license shall not exceed the minimum fee for holders of licenses under section 14. A holder of a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages at auctions may conduct any such auction on any day and at any time permitted under section 12. Applications shall be granted by the licensing authority according to the local procedure for granting licenses under said section 14.
A licensee who holds a license under this section may provide, without charge, on-premises sample alcoholic beverages tastings for prospective customers if such beverages shall be available for sale at auction on those premises; provided, however, that no single serving of wine shall exceed 1 ounce, no single serving of malt beverages shall exceed 3 ounces and no single serving of distilled spirits shall exceed 1/4 of an ounce; and provided further, that the licensee shall control the dispensing of the alcoholic beverages.
(b) The local licensing authority in a city or town that votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages may grant temporary licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages at auction not to be drunk on the premises to applicants that are nonprofit charitable corporations organized under chapter 180 and registered with the non-profit organizations and public charities division of the office of the attorney general.
Each such temporary license shall describe the premises to which the license applies and shall be granted only for premises that are the principal place of business or headquarters of the applicant, or a location owned or leased by the applicant from which the applicant regularly conducts business and which are legally zoned to allow such sales, or which are the premises of a licensee under section 12 or 15.
No such temporary licenses shall be valid for more than 10 consecutive calendar days and a holder of a temporary license shall not be granted more than 5 licenses in a calendar year. A holder of a temporary license under this subsection may conduct such auctions on any day and at any time permitted under said section 12. Any alcoholic beverages sold under this section shall be donated at no charge to the license holder and all proceeds from such sales shall be used for the license holder's charitable purposes.
The fee for a temporary license under this subsection shall not exceed the minimum fee provided for holders of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail. The application procedures under section 15A shall not apply to temporary licenses under this subsection; provided, however, that such applications may be granted by the local licensing authority according to the local procedures for the granting licenses under section 14.
(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the local licensing authority in a city or town which votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages may grant temporary licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages at auctions, not to be drunk on the premises, to applicants that are licensees under section 15 of chapter 138.
Each such temporary license shall describe the premises to which it applies and shall be granted only for premises that are the principal place of business or headquarters of the applicant and which are legally zoned to allow such sales or which are the premises of a licensee under said section 15. The temporary license shall not be valid for more than 10 consecutive calendar days and a holder of any such temporary license shall not be granted more than 2 such temporary licenses in a calendar year. A holder of a temporary license under this subsection shall be permitted to conduct such auctions on any day and at any time permitted under said section 15.
The fee for the temporary license shall not exceed the minimum fee provided for holders of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail. The application procedures under section 15A shall not apply to temporary licenses under this subsection; provided, however, that such applications may be granted by the local licensing authority according to the local procedures for granting licenses under section 14.
(d) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the local licensing authority in a city or town which votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of an alcoholic beverage may grant temporary licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages at auction not to be drunk on the premises to joint applicants which consist of not less than 1 nonprofit charitable corporation organized under chapter 180 and registered with the non-profit organizations and public charities division of the office of the attorney general and a licensee under section 12 or 15.
The temporary license shall describe the premises to which it applies and shall be granted only for the premises of the joint applicant that is a licensee under said section 12 or 15. The temporary license shall not be valid for more than 10 consecutive calendar days and a holder of any such temporary license shall not be granted more than 2 such licenses in a calendar year. A holder of a temporary license under this subsection shall be permitted to conduct such sales on any day and at any time permitted under said section 12. Any alcoholic beverages sold under this subsection shall be donated at no charge to the license holder. A majority of the proceeds from such sales shall be used for the charitable corporation license holder's charitable purposes.
The fee for such temporary license shall not exceed the minimum fee provided for holders of licenses to alcoholic beverages at retail. The application procedures under section 15A shall not apply to such temporary licenses under this subsection; provided, however, that such applications may be granted by the local licensing authority according to the local procedures for granting licenses under section 14.
SECTION 4. Chapter 153 of the acts of 1997, as most recently amended by chapter 405 of the acts of 2012, is hereby repealed.
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An Act relative to Brockton school police
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{'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-09T14:05:21.487'}
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[{'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-09T14:05:21.4866667'}]
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1610) of Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to Brockton school police. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 Sec 3(g) as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word Authority in line 270, the following new words "; Brockton School Police."
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1611) of Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to local public housing authorities access to the dental and vision insurance plan managed by the group insurance commission. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding Chapter 32A of the General Laws, the Group Insurance Commission shall provide dental and vision insurance benefits to employees of a housing or redevelopment authority upon a vote by its governing body.
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1612) of Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to a service based retirement option for Group 1 and Group 2 career employees. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, an employee as defined in Section 1 of chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws who is classified in either Group 1 or 2 and all political subdivisions thereof who has been a member for not less than thirty years in the aggregate shall be eligible to apply for and receive a service based retirement allowance as authorized by section five of Chapter thirty-two, using the 2.5 factor under subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of section five of chapter thirty-two, regardless of age, providing that the employee agrees to fully fund their pension benefit upfront. The employee’s total amount due into the pension system is to be determined by the State Retirement Board in order that the employee reach a 75% pension benefit (30 years) or 80% benefit (32+ years). The employee may use their vacation time allowance and/or personal allowance to pay that amount so determined by the Board.
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An Act to exempt certain local housing authority executive directors from anti-spiking provisions
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[{'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-09T11:56:38.4666667'}]
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1613) of Michael D. Brady for legislation to exempt certain local housing authority executive directors from anti-spiking provisions. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 5 paragraph (2)(f) of chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 211, after the word "law" the following words:- "from a modification in the salary schedule for a local housing authority executive director set in the Department of Housing and Community Development guidelines".
SECTION 2. The amended section shall apply to anyone retiring after January 1, 2018.
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An Act restoring the retirement rights of certain employees
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[{'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T11:42:51.67'}, {'Id': 'MJM2', 'Name': 'Mathew J. Muratore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJM2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-03T14:30:46.02'}, {'Id': 'JFK0', 'Name': 'John F. Keenan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JFK0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-17T16:06:38.7966667'}, {'Id': 'SLM0', 'Name': 'Susan L. Moran', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-30T09:39:47.9933333'}]
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1614) of Michael D. Brady, Mathew J. Muratore and John F. Keenan for legislation to restore the retirement rights of certain employees. Public Service.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section three of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other special or general law to the contrary, any criminal identification officer, first assistant criminal identification officer, or assistant criminal identification officer employed by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department’s Bureau of Investigation, who was classified as Group 4 under the Plymouth County Retirement System prior to the transfer of said sheriff’s department to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall retain their Group 4 classification in the Massachusetts State Retirement System for the purposes of said chapter thirty-two.
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An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to emergencies or work in hazardous environments
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1615) of Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to benefits of employees who are required to respond to emergencies or work in hazardous environments. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Section 3(2)(g) is hereby amended by adding the following at the beginning of Group 2. Employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to emergencies or work in hazardous environments; employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond and inspect hazardous material spills or who are required to inspect such areas or whose duties require one to be present where such hazardous materials, including asbestos and radioactive materials, are stored, used, emitted, and or manufactured or where contamination from such has occurred; employees of the Commonwealth who work in laboratories handling biological or other dangerous materials associated with blood-born, viral or other possible communicable and/or dangerous substances; employees of the Commonwealth whose duties include the use of scuba diving equipment or work as aerial foresters or crewmen. State Employees who engage in homeland security duties, MEMA and emergency response actions associated with public safety, environmental protection and public health.
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An Act relative to creditable service for elected officials
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[{'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T14:21:28.0266667'}, {'Id': 'PWM0', 'Name': 'Paul W. Mark', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PWM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-07T13:29:33.7666667'}]
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By Mr. Brady, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1616) of Michael D. Brady for legislation relative to creditable service for elected officials. Public Service.
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Section 4 (2) (c) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following:-
In the case of any employee of any governmental unit who is a member of the retirement system pertaining thereto, the board may allow credit, upon whatever proportionate basis it shall determine under appropriate rules and regulations which shall be subject to the approval of the actuary, for any previous period of part-time, elected, provisional, temporary, temporary provisional, seasonal or intermittent employment or service rendered by him after such a retirement system becomes operative and while he was not eligible for membership or in the case of an elected official, did not exercise his right to become a retirement system member, excluding any prescribed waiting period under the provisions of the law or under the board's rules and regulations in effect during such previous period before eligibility for membership, established either by law or board ruling in effect prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, for which such service credit was given upon attaining membership.
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An Act relative to restoration to service
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{'Id': 'WNB0', 'Name': 'William N. Brownsberger', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WNB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:02:09.26'}
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[{'Id': 'WNB0', 'Name': 'William N. Brownsberger', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WNB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:02:09.26'}, {'Id': 'S_G2', 'Name': 'Steven Ultrino', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/S_G2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-28T14:23:13.0833333'}]
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By Mr. Brownsberger, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1617) of William N. Brownsberger for legislation relative to restoration to service for certain retirees. 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 relative to civil service resident preference
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[{'Id': 'WNB0', 'Name': 'William N. Brownsberger', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WNB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-16T13:46:42.5433333'}, {'Id': 'MJB0', 'Name': 'Michael J. Barrett', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-28T14:23:31.8433333'}]
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By Mr. Brownsberger, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1618) of William N. Brownsberger for legislation relative to civil service resident preference. Public Service.
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Section 58 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the third paragraph, the following new sentence:-
“By a vote of the legislative body, a city or town shall consider an applicant as having resided in that city or town for one year immediately prior to the date of the examination, if the applicant so chooses if they have obtained a high school diploma from a school in that city or town or resided in that city or town when they received their high school diploma.”
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An Act providing for a COVID-19 retirement credit to essential first responders employees
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[{'Id': 'N_C0', 'Name': 'Nick Collins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/N_C0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T11:54:06.7533333'}, {'Id': 'JDZ1', 'Name': 'Jonathan D. Zlotnik', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDZ1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-23T11:39:29.9466667'}, {'Id': 'MRS1', 'Name': 'Margaret R. Scarsdale', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-24T14:47:30.8366667'}, {'Id': 'DFD1', 'Name': 'David F. DeCoste', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DFD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-26T09:39:15.7166667'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-02T14:51:18.54'}]
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By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1619) of Nick Collins and Jonathan D. Zlotnik for legislation to provide for a COVID-19 retirement credit to essential first responders employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“COVID-19 essential employee retirement credit bonus” or “COVID-19 credit”, equivalent to the duration of the Governor’s Covid-19 State of Emergency March 10, 2020 – June 15, 2021, added to an employee’s age or years of service or a combination thereof that can be used at retirement for the purpose of calculating a retirement benefit pursuant to Chapter 32.
“Essential employee”, All state and municipal first responders (Police, Fire, and EMS), and front line healthcare workers who provided direct patient care/supervision.
(b), The secretary of administration and finance shall identify all essential employees of the commonwealth who, during the period covered by the governor’s state of emergency declared on March 10, 2020 until its recission, were: (ii) required to work at their respective worksite or any other worksite outside of their personal residence; and (iii) public facing.
(c) The secretary shall work with the appropriate heads of departments of the commonwealth to identify and provide a list of essential employees and their home mailing address to the state retirement board documenting the employees’ eligibility for the COVID-19 essential employee retirement credit bonus. Upon identification of eligible essential employees, such employees shall be credited with a COVID-19 credit as defined in Section 1 (a). The state retirement board shall notify each eligible essential employee in writing of their receipt of the credit.
SECTION 2 - A municipality may elect to adopt the COVID-19 essential employee retirement credit in Section 1 .This section shall take effect in a municipality upon its acceptance in the following manner: in a city, by vote of its city council in accordance with its city charter, in a town, whether it maintains its own contributory retirement system or its employees are members of a county or regional retirement system, by vote of the town meeting, in a district, whether it maintains its own contributory retirement system or its employees are members of a county or regional retirement system, by vote of the district meeting, and in the case of an authority, the governing body. For the purposes of this section, the state employees' retirement system shall be deemed to have accepted the provisions of this section.
SECTION3. Upon Local Acceptance of this Act the chief executive for a municipality shall identify all essential employees eligible for the COVID -19 credit pursuant to Section 1a. Upon identification of eligible essential employees, such employees shall be credited with a COVID-19 credit as defined in Section 1 (a). The retirement board of which the municipality’s employees are members shall notify each eligible employee in writing of their receipt of the credit.
SECTION 4. The chief executive officer for a quasi-public agency whose Chapter 32 retirement board has accepted the COVID-19 credit pursuant to Section 2 shall work with agency’s director of human resources to identify employees eligible for the COVID - credit pursuant to Section 1. Upon identification of eligible employees, such employees shall be credited with a COVID-19 credit as defined in Section 1 (a). The retirement board of which the agency’s employees are members shall notify each eligible employee in writing of their receipt of the credit.
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[{'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T18:29:37.2666667'}]
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By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 162) of James B. Eldridge for legislation to enhance diversity in the awarding of liquor licenses. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 13A of chapter 30A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "number”, in line 4, the following words:- or for the purposes of chapter 138 an individual taxpayer identification number.
SECTION 2. Said section 13A of said chapter 30A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “number”, in lines 5, 7, the second time it appears, and 10, the following words:- or individual taxpayer identification number.
SECTION 3. Section 15 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
The local licensing authorities in any city or town which votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages, and such authorities in any city or town which votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of wines and malt beverages only, may grant licenses for the sale at retail of such alcoholic beverages or wines and malt beverages, as the case may be, not to be drunk on the premises, to applicants therefor who hold a valid social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and are residents of the commonwealth, or partnerships composed solely of such individuals that hold a valid social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and are residents or to corporations organized under the laws of the commonwealth and whereof all directors shall hold a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and a majority residents of the commonwealth or to limited liability companies or limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of residency and the requirements for a manager or principal representative of a non-citizen licensee under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 18, 18A, 19, 19B and 19C, or to an applicant licensed to operate as a farmer-winery under said section 19B or in any other state.
SECTION 4. Section 18 of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
The commission may issue to any individual who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth, and to any ship chandler licensed under the provisions of section thirteen and to partnerships composed solely of such individuals, and to corporations organized under the laws of the commonwealth whereof all the directors hold a valid social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and a majority thereof residents of the commonwealth and to limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of residency and the requirements for a manager or principal representative of a non-citizen licensee under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18A, 19, 19B and 19C, licenses as wholesalers and importers (1) to sell for resale to other licensees under this chapter alcoholic beverages manufactured by any manufacturer licensed under the provisions of section nineteen and to import alcoholic beverages into the commonwealth from holders of certificates issued under section eighteen B whose licensed premises are located in other states and foreign countries for sale to such licensees, or (2) to sell for resale wines and malt beverages so manufactured to such licensees and to import as aforesaid wines and malt beverages for sale to such licensees.
SECTION 5. Section 18A of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The commission may issue to any individual who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth, or to any partnership composed solely of such individuals, or to any corporation organized under the laws of the commonwealth or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States or of any foreign country and admitted to do business in the commonwealth or to a limited liability company or a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of residency and the requirements for a manager or principal representative of a non-citizen licensee under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 19, 19B and 19C, a license which shall authorize the licensee to act as agent, broker or solicitor for any specified individual, corporation or partnership in another state or foreign country engaged in the business of manufacturing, importing or selling alcoholic beverages, hereinafter called the principal, and, on behalf of such principal, to solicit orders for such beverages from holders of licenses under section eighteen only. A license granted hereunder shall authorize representation of one principal only, but the licensee may also, in the discretion of the commission, be licensed hereunder to represent other principals. No licensee hereunder shall buy or sell alcoholic beverages for his own account, and no such beverages shall be brought into the commonwealth in pursuance of the exercise of such a license otherwise than through a licensee under said section eighteen.
SECTION 6. Section 18C of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) The commission may issue to an individual who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth or to a corporation organized under the laws of the commonwealth whose directors are all holders of a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and a majority of them residents of the commonwealth, or to a limited liability company or limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the commonwealth whose members are all holders of a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and a majority of them residents of the commonwealth, a license to import alcoholic beverages into the commonwealth for use only in connection with the manufacture of food products, including ice cream. Nothing in this section shall authorize the holder of an importer's license issued under this section to sell alcoholic beverages as he is licensed to import only, or to export alcoholic beverages from the commonwealth into any other state or into a foreign country. A vote in a city or town pursuant to section 11 shall not prevent the granting or renewal of a license under this section. All alcoholic beverages purchased by a licensee under this section, and all alcoholic beverages shipped into the commonwealth pursuant to any such purchase, shall be warehoused at the warehouse facilities of the licensee and held in his physical possession at the warehouse. An importer under this section shall keep such records as the commission may prescribe and shall file with the commission, as often as it may require, duplicates or copies of those records. The commission shall have, at all times through its designated officers or agents, access to all books, records and other documents of each licensed importer relating to the licensee's importer business.
SECTION 7. Section 19 of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) The commission may issue to any individual who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth and to partnerships, composed solely of such individuals, and to corporations organized under the laws of this commonwealth or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States and admitted to do business in this commonwealth and to limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of residency and the need for a license manager under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 18A, 19B and 19C, licenses to manufacture alcoholic beverages. Manufacturers of such beverages may sell the same to any licensee holding a valid license granted by the licensing authorities for the sale within the commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and may also sell such beverages for export from this commonwealth into any state where the sale of the same is not by law prohibited, and into any foreign country; and manufacturers of such beverages may sell the same to any registered pharmacist holding a certificate of fitness under section thirty and also as authorized by section twenty-eight.
Subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the commission, licensees under this section may rectify or blend, but only upon such premises and under such conditions as the commission shall approve, alcoholic beverages manufactured by them. All alcoholic beverages sold by any manufacturer thereof shall be sold and delivered in such manner, and under such conditions, and with such labels or other marks to identify the manufacturer, as the commission shall from time to time prescribe by regulations; provided, that sales of such beverages may be made in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles, to holders of wholesalers' and importers' licenses; and provided, further, that sale of wines and malt beverages may be made in kegs, casks or barrels by any manufacturer licensed under this section to licensees authorized to sell such beverages under section twelve, thirteen or fourteen and, for the sole purpose of resale in the containers in which the same were delivered, to licensees under section fifteen. No licensee under section fifteen shall resell beverages delivered to him in kegs, casks or barrels under this section, except in such containers.
Every licensed manufacturer of alcoholic beverages shall keep such records in such detail and affording such information as the commission may from time to time prescribe, and shall file with the commission, whenever and as often as it may require, duplicates of copies of such records; and the commission shall at all times, through its designated officers or agents, have access to all books, records and other documents of every licensed manufacturer relating to the business which he is licensed hereunder to conduct.
The license fee for each manufacturer of alcoholic beverages, in respect of each plant, shall be such sum, not less than $6,000 nor more than $10,000, as under the circumstances of the licensee's probable volume of sales under this section, the capacity of his plant and the location thereof, the commission shall deem just and proper; provided, that the license fee for each manufacturer of cider or other alcoholic beverage made from apples shall be such sum, not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, as the commission shall deem just and proper, but no such fee shall be collected from any such manufacturer for the making of cider, the sale of which is authorized by section three without a license.
No vote in any city or town under section eleven shall prevent the granting or renewal of a license under this section.
SECTION 8. Section 19A of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "citizens" and inserting in place thereof the following word:- residents.
SECTION 9. Section 19B of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) For the purpose of encouraging the development of domestic vineyards, the commission shall issue a farmer-winery license to any applicant who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth, and to applying partnerships composed solely of such individuals, and to applying corporations organized under the laws of the commonwealth or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States and admitted to do business in this commonwealth and to applying limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of residency and the need for a license manager under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 18A, 19 and 19C, unless:
(1) such person does not comply with reasonable application procedures required by the commission; or
(2) the commission determines that such person is not of responsible character; or
(3) a church or school located within five hundred feet of the winery premises has objected to issuance of the license in accordance with section sixteen C; or
(4) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in the business of a licensee under section twelve or fifteen; or
(5) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly in more than one business licensed under section eighteen; or
(6) the applicant has not furnished the requisite license fee or bond; or
(7) the commission determines that the co-partners, corporate officials or stockholders of the applicant do not meet the requirements of paragraphs (2), (4) and (5), or that the manager or agent intended to conduct the winery business on the applicant's behalf does not meet such requirements, or that such co-partners, officials, stockholders, agent or manager remain undisclosed.
SECTION 10. Section 19C of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) For the purpose of encouraging the development of domestic farms, the commission shall issue a farmer-brewery license to any applicant who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth and to applying partnerships composed solely of such individuals, and to applying corporations organized under the laws of the commonwealth or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States and admitted to do business in the commonwealth and to applying limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth, subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe by regulation to address issues of residency and the need for a license manager under section 26 as qualifications for a limited liability company or limited liability partnership to hold a license pursuant to this section and sections 15, 18, 18A, 19 and 19B, unless: (1) such person does not comply with reasonable application procedures required by the commission; or
(2) the commission determines that such person is not of responsible character; or
(3) a church or school located within five hundred feet of the brewery premises has objected to issuance of the license in accordance with section sixteen C; or
(4) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in the business of a licensee under section twelve or fifteen; or
(5) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly in more than one business licensed under section eighteen; or
(6) the applicant has not furnished the requisite license fee or bond; or
(7) the commission determines that the co-partners, corporate officials or stockholders of the applicant do not meet the requirements of clauses (2), (4) and (5), or that the manager or agent intended to conduct the farmer-brewery business on the applicant's behalf does not meet such requirements, or that such co-partners, officials, stockholders, agent or manager remain undisclosed.
SECTION 11. Section 19D of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) The commission shall issue a pub brewery license to an applicant who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth and to applying partnerships and to applying corporations organized under the laws of the commonwealth or organized under the laws of any other state and admitted to do business in the commonwealth and to applying limited liability companies or limited liability partnerships organized under the laws of the commonwealth unless:
(1) such person does not comply with application procedures required by the commission;
(2) the commission determines that such applicant is not of responsible character;
(3) a church or school located within 500 feet of the brewery premises has objected to the issuance of such license in accordance with the provisions of section 16C and the commission finds that the pub brewery premises are detrimental to the spiritual activities of such church;
(4) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in the business of a licensee under section 15 or a business which would be licensed under said section 15 if it were located within the commonwealth;
(5) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in a business license under section 18 or a business which would be licensed under said section 18 if it were located within the commonwealth;
(6) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in any activity or in any business directly or indirectly engaged in the business of manufacturing any alcoholic beverages either within or outside of the commonwealth, except any interest, directly or indirectly, in a pub brewery license under this section or any business which would be licensed as a pub brewery under this section if it were located within the commonwealth;
(7) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in the business of a holder of a certificate issued under section 18B;
(8) the applicant has not furnished the requisite license fee or bond; or
(9) the commission determines that the co-partners, corporate officials or stockholders of the applicant do not meet the requirements of clauses (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8), or that the manager or agent intended to conduct the pub brewery business on the applicant's behalf does not meet such requirements, or that such co-partners, officials, stockholders, agents or managers remain undisclosed.
SECTION 12. Section 19E of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) For the purpose of encouraging the development of domestic farms, the commission shall issue a farmer-distillery license to an applicant who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth and to applying partnerships composed solely of such individuals, and to applying corporations organized under the laws of the commonwealth or organized under the laws of any other state of the United States and admitted to do business in the commonwealth, unless:-
(1) such person does not comply with reasonable application procedures required by the commission;
(2) the commission determines that such person is not of responsible character;
(3) a church or school located within 500 feet of the farmer-distillery premises has objected to the issuance of a license in accordance with section 16C;
(4) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in the business of a licensee under section 12 or 15;
(5) the commission determines that the applicant retains or owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in more than 1 business licensed under section 18;
(6) the applicant has not furnished the requisite license fee or bond; or
(7) the commission determines that the co-partners, corporate officials or stockholders of the applicant do not meet the requirements of paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) or that the agent or manager who intends to conduct the farmer-distillery business on the applicant's behalf does not meet the requirements or that the co-partners, officials, stockholders, agent or manager remain undisclosed.
SECTION 13. Section 19G of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(a) The commission may issue a tenant brewer license which authorizes the licensee to manufacture or package malt beverages on the premises of a host brewer to any individual applicant who holds a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number and is a resident of the commonwealth or to a corporation, partnership or other entity which complies with the requirements of section 26 and is a holder of a certificate of compliance issued pursuant to section 18B. An applicant for a tenant brewer license shall provide the commission and the department of revenue with a true copy of the applicable alcoholic beverage license to manufacture, export and import as issued by the appropriate licensing authority.
To be eligible for a tenant brewer license, the applicant shall: (i) be licensed pursuant to section 19 or section 19C or a license holder outside the commonwealth that is authorized to manufacture, export and import malt beverages; (ii) comply with any federal law regulating the manufacture, export or import of malt beverages as identified by the commission in a written guidance that shall be issued to each host brewer, tenant brewer and wholesaler licensed pursuant to section 18; and (iii) shall have an approved alternating proprietorship arrangement that allows the applicant to use the facilities, equipment and employees of a host brewer.
A tenant brewer may import such raw materials as are required solely for the production and packaging of the malt beverages including, without limitation, bulk malt beverages produced by the tenant brewer at its brewery of origin. The bulk malt beverages imported by the tenant brewer shall be packaged and shipped back to the tenant brewer's brewery of origin or to a wholesaler licensed pursuant to section 18 or to a license holder outside the commonwealth authorized to import malt beverages designated by the tenant brewer within 10 days after receipt by the host brewer.
Any product produced or packaged at the host brewer's premises shall be removed from the host brewer's premises within 10 days after the brewing or packaging process is completed. The finished product shall be returned to the tenant brewer's brewery of origin or to a wholesaler licensed pursuant to section 18 or to a license holder outside the commonwealth authorized to import malt beverages designated by the tenant brewer.
SECTION 14. Said chapter 138 is hereby amended by striking out section 26, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 26. No license for the sale of alcoholic beverages or alcohol and no vehicle permit for the transportation thereof shall be issued to any person who does not, at the time of the person’s application therefor, hold a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number, or to any agent of any such person, and no person who does not hold a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number shall be appointed as manager or other principal representative of any licensee; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the granting of a license under section eighteen A to any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country or the granting of a vehicle permit to such a corporation so licensed.
No corporation, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or of any other state or foreign country, shall be given a license to sell in any manner any alcoholic beverages unless such corporation shall have first appointed, in such manner as the licensing authorities by regulation prescribe, as manager or other principal representative, a holder of a social security number or individual taxpayer identification number, and shall have vested in the manager or other principal representative by properly authorized and executed written delegation as full authority and control of the premises, described in the license of such corporation, and of the conduct of all business therein relative to alcoholic beverages as the licensee itself could in any way have and exercise if it were a natural person resident in the commonwealth, nor unless such manager or representative is, with respect to the manager or representative’s character, satisfactory to the licensing authorities.
No provision of this chapter shall impair any right growing out of any treaty to which the United States is a party.
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By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1620) of Nick Collins for legislation relative to non-clerical workers of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the Generals Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the word “police” in line 236, the following words:- non-clerical workers of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
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Section 7(c)(i) of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1984 of the General Laws shall be amended by striking out the following words:- “employment, assignment and promotion of employees and the determination of standards therefore”. Subsections (ii) through (v) shall be renumbered accordingly.
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By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1622) of Nick Collins for legislation to provide for fairness and equity for Massachusetts Water Resources Authority employees. Public Service.
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Section 7 (c) (ii) of chapter 372 of the Acts of 1984 of the General Laws shall be amended by striking out the words "provided that any collective bargaining agreement may protect employees against such actions on arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable grounds," and inserting in their place the words, "for just cause."
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, Chapter 32 Section 94B(2) of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking the word "five" in line 27 and inserting the word "ten" after the word "within" in line 27. Section 2. Chapter 32 Section 94B (2) of the General Laws as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting in line 31 after the word "compensation" the following words," in the event that such person retires in accordance with this section any secondary cancer shall be covered in accordance with section 9 of this chapter.
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By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1624) of Nick Collins, Vanna Howard, Susannah M. Whipps, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to disability or death caused by infectious diseases, presumption. Public Service.
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Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 94B the following new section:-
Section 94C. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purposes of any death, disability or medical services claim including claims under Chapter 32, Chapter 41 and Chapter 152 of the General Laws, any contagious disease, resulting in disability or death to a full-time uniformed member of a paid police department, fire department or municipal emergency medical service shall, if he or she successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent to such entry, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that non-service connected risk factors or non-service connected accidents or hazards undergone, or any combination thereof, caused such incapacity. The provisions of this section shall only apply if the disabling or fatal condition is a type of contagious disease which may, in general, result from exposure to blood and other body fluids of the sick, excluding the common cold. (2) Any person first discovering any such condition within five years of the last date on which such person actively so served shall be eligible to apply for benefits hereunder, and such benefits, if granted, shall be payable as of the date on which the employee last received regular compensation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person serving in such position unless such person shall first establish that he has regularly responded to calls for police, fire or emergency medical service during some portion of the period of his service in such position. (3) The provisions of this section shall also apply to any condition of COVID-19, Hepatitis A, B, or C, Tuberculosis, HIV, and any other contagious disease which is found by regulation by the commissioner of the department of public health to have a statistically significant correlation with police, fire or emergency medical service. (4) Nothing herein shall preclude a member from applying for and receiving benefits under section seven or section nine, subject to the provisions of said sections.
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By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1625) of Nick Collins for legislation relative to providing fairness and equity in the retirement benefits of employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, sewer departments, sewer districts, water and sewer departments and districts, and wastewater facilities. Public Service.
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Section (2)(g) of Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "hospital," in line 256, the following words:-
"Operation and maintenance employees of water departments, water districts, sewer departments, sewer districts, water and sewer departments, water and sewer districts, and wastewater facilities, as well as operation and maintenance employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority."
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An Act extending veterans retirement buyback opportunities
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{'Id': 'JMC0', 'Name': 'Joanne M. Comerford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JMC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T11:54:31.983'}
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[{'Id': 'JMC0', 'Name': 'Joanne M. Comerford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JMC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T11:54:31.9833333'}]
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By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1626) of Joanne M. Comerford for legislation to extend veterans retirement buyback opportunities. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. The first sentence of the fourth paragraph of subsection (h) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words “four years provided” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 10 years; provided.
SECTION 2. The third sentence of the fourth paragraph of subsection (h) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words “five years guard service or five years active reserve service” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 4 years guard service or 4 years active reserve service.
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An Act relative to the funding ratio of the public employee retirement system
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{'Id': 'BPC0', 'Name': 'Brendan P. Crighton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BPC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T10:34:16.03'}
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[{'Id': 'BPC0', 'Name': 'Brendan P. Crighton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BPC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T10:34:16.03'}]
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By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1627) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to underperforming pension systems. Public Service.
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Section 1. Sub-section (c1/2) of sub-section (8) of section (22) of Chapter 32 is amended by deleting the third sentence and inserting 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. The final sentence of a sub-section (c 1/2) of sub-section (8) of section 22of Chapter 32 is amended by deleting in the final sentence the words: "Shall be in perpetuity." and inserting: "May not be revoked for five years."
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An Act relative to public safety officers and creditable service
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[{'Id': 'BPC0', 'Name': 'Brendan P. Crighton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BPC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T14:54:35.3166667'}]
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By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1628) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to creditable service for certain public safety officers. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after subdivision (5) the following subdivision:-
(5) Any public safety officer of a city or town who is a member in service or an inactive member, who had rendered service in any other state or for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for any previous period as a public safety officer may, before the date any retirement allowance becomes effective for him, pay into the annuity savings fund of the system in one sum, or in 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 period, or most recent portion thereof, as he may elect, had such service been rendered in the commonwealth (other than the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) and had he been a member of a county, city or town retirement system during the period the service was rendered. Payment shall not be made and no credit shall be allowed for service in other states or the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority in excess of five years; provided, that no credit shall be allowed and no payment shall be accepted for any service for which the member shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance from any other state or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. In addition to the payment of such sum or installments thereof, such member shall also pay into the annuity savings fund an amount of interest such that at the completion of such payments the value of his accumulated payments, together with regular interest thereon, actually made on account of such previous out-of-state service or service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, shall equal the value of his accumulated regular deductions which would have resulted if regular deductions had been made when regular compensation for such service was actually received. Upon the completion of such payments, such member shall receive the same credit for such period of his previous out-of-state service or service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or portion thereof elected, as would have been allowed if such service had been rendered by him in the commonwealth (other than the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). Such member shall furnish board with such information as it shall require to determine the amount to be paid and the credit to be allowed under this subdivision. At the time a retirement allowance becomes due to a member or to a beneficiary under option (d) of subdivision (2) of section 12, if the Massachusetts service (other than service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) on the date either retirement allowance becomes effective, or on the date the member attained age 65, whichever first occurs, is less than the service in other states or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for which the member has paid, credit shall be allowed only for the most recent service rendered in other states or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority equal to such Massachusetts service (other than the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), and the amount paid for additional service shall be refunded with accumulated interest, refund to be made only when the retirement allowance becomes due to the member or to the beneficiary under option (d) of subdivision (2) of section 12, and if it is found that payment has been accepted for any service for which the member is entitled to a retirement allowance from any other state or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the amount paid for such service with accumulated interest shall also be refunded with no retirement credit allowed.
This subdivision shall take effect with regard to a city, town, county, or other retirement system upon its acceptance by such system.
SECTION 2. Subdivision (1) of section 4 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Creditable service for periods out-of-state service or service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the case of any member who has acquired the right to credit for such service as a member of a county, city or town retirement system, as the case may be, shall be allowed as provided for in subdivision (5A) of section 3.
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An Act relative to enhancing cost of living adjustment for certain long term career public retirees
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By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1629) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to enhance cost of living adjustment for certain long term career public retirees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 102 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:- (h) Every member of the state employee retirement system and the teacher’s retirement system who qualifies and has attained fifteen full years of retirement as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year who receive a cost of living increase shall receive an additional one hundred dollar benefit to said increase. Said one hundred dollar benefit shall be granted only to members of the state retirement system and the teacher’s retirement system whose total annual retirement benefit is less than the average annual retirement benefit as determined by the retirement system’s most recent actuarial valuation and retired with twenty or more years of creditable service, provided however, those members who retired with a disability benefit under sections 6, 7 or 26 shall be eligible with less than twenty years of creditable service. Any surviving beneficiary of a deceased member who would otherwise be eligible for aforesaid additional benefit under this paragraph, including those beneficiaries receiving a benefit under sections 9, 12 or 101, shall receive said additional benefit if it is determined they are eligible by the retirement board in which they are a participant.
Every member of the state employee retirement system and the teacher’s retirement system who has attained twenty full years of retirement as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year who receive a cost of living increase shall receive an additional two hundred dollar benefit to said increase. Said two hundred dollar benefit shall be granted only to members of the state retirement system and the teacher’s retirement system whose total annual retirement benefit is less than the average annual retirement benefit as determined by the retirement system’s most recent actuarial valuation and retired with twenty or more years of creditable service. Any surviving beneficiary of a deceased member who would otherwise be eligible for aforesaid additional benefit under this paragraph, including those beneficiaries receiving a benefit under section 9, 12 or 101, shall receive said additional benefit if it is determined they are eligible by the retirement board in which they are a participant.
SECTION 2. Section 103 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:- (k) Upon acceptance of the provisions of this paragraph as provided in paragraph (n), every member of a retirement system other than the state employees retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system, who has attained fifteen full years of retirement as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year and receives a cost of living increase pursuant to this section, shall receive an additional one hundred dollar benefit to said increase. Said one hundred dollar benefit shall be granted only to members of a retirement system, other than the state employees retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system, whose total annual retirement benefit is less than the average annual retirement benefit as determined by their retirement system’s most recent actuarial valuation and retired with twenty or more years of creditable service, provided however, those members who retired with a disability benefit under sections 6, 7 or 26 shall be eligible with less than twenty years of creditable service. Any surviving beneficiary of a deceased member who would otherwise be eligible for aforesaid additional benefit under this paragraph, including those beneficiaries receiving a benefit under sections 9, 12 or 101, shall receive said additional benefit if it is determined they are eligible by the retirement board in which they are a participant.
(l) Upon acceptance of the provisions of this paragraph as provided in paragraph (n), every member of a retirement system other than the state employees retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system, who has attained twenty full years of retirement as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year and receives a cost of living increase pursuant to this section, shall receive an additional two hundred dollar benefit to said increase. Said two hundred dollar benefit shall be granted only to members of a retirement system other than the state employees retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system whose total annual retirement benefit is less than the average annual retirement benefit as determined by their retirement system’s most recent actuarial valuation and retired with twenty or more years of creditable service, provided however, those members who retired with a disability benefit under sections 6, 7 or 26 shall be eligible with less than twenty years of creditable service. Any surviving beneficiary of a deceased member who would otherwise be eligible for aforesaid additional benefit under this paragraph, including those beneficiaries receiving a benefit under sections 9, 12 or 101, shall receive said additional benefit if it is determined they are eligible by the retirement board in which they participate.
(m) Upon acceptance of the provisions of this paragraph as provided in paragraph (n), every member of a retirement system other than the state employees retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system, who has attained fifteen but not more than twenty full years of retirement as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year and receives a cost of living increase pursuant to this section, shall receive an additional one hundred dollar benefit and for those who has attained more than twenty years of retirement as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year, shall receive an additional two hundred dollar benefit to said increase. Such additional benefits shall be granted only to members of a retirement system, other than the state employees retirement system and the teachers’ retirement system, whose total annual retirement benefit is less than the average annual retirement benefit as determined by their retirement system’s most recent actuarial valuation and retired with twenty or more years of creditable service, provided however, those members who retired with a disability benefit under sections 6, 7 or 26 shall be eligible with less than twenty years of creditable service. Any surviving beneficiary of a deceased member who would otherwise be eligible for aforesaid additional benefit under this paragraph, including those beneficiaries receiving a benefit under sections 9, 12 or 101, shall receive said additional benefit if it is determined they are eligible by the retirement board in which they are a participant.
(n) Acceptance of the provisions of paragraphs (k). (l) or (m) shall be by a majority vote of the board of such system, subject to the approval of the legislative body. For the purpose of this section, ''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 district, the district members, and, in the case of an authority, the governing body. In the case of a county or region, acceptance shall be by the county or regional retirement board advisory council at a meeting called for that purpose by the county or regional retirement board, Acceptance of this paragraph shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of the certification of such vote with the commission. A decision to accept the provisions of this paragraph may not be revoked.
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An Act expanding options for EMT paramedics
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T15:08:33.22'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 163) of Ryan C. Fattman for legislation to expand options for EMT paramedics. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any emergency medical technician, as defined by section 1 of chapter 111C of the General Laws, who has been (i) awarded a paramedic certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, (ii) awarded an EMT-Paramedic certificate as administered by the department of public health, (iii) completed no less than 9,000 hours of paramedic field work for any licensed ambulance service in the commonwealth after receiving said certificates, and has (iv) completed a National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) approved preparation course, shall not be required to graduate from a Board of Registration in Nursing approved nursing program in the commonwealth to participate in the NCLEX-RN.
SECTION 2. Any emergency medical technician, as defined in section 1 of chapter 111C of the General Laws, who has been (i) awarded an associate of science, bachelor of science, or master of science in emergency medical services at an accredited college or university, (ii) awarded a paramedic certification from the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, (iii) awarded an EMT-Paramedic certificate as administered by the department of public health, (iv) completed no less than 5,000 hours of paramedic field work for any licensed ambulance service in the commonwealth after receiving said certificates, and has (v) completed a National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) approved preparation course, shall not be required to graduate from a Board of Registration in Nursing approved nursing program in the commonwealth to participate in the NCLEX-RN.
SECTION 3. Any emergency medical technician paramedic shall be required to provide specific documentation for Good Moral Character (GMC) evaluation as defined in sections 74, 74A, and 76 of chapter 112 of the General Laws to be licensed as a registered nurse in the commonwealth.
SECTION 4. The department of public health shall implement said changes within one year of the passage of this act.
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[{'Action': 'Discharge to Another Committee', 'FiscalAmounts': [], 'Committee': {'CommitteeCode': 'J17', 'GeneralCourtNumber': 193, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/Committees/J17'}, 'Votes': []}]
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An Act relative to ordinary disability retirements
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{'Id': 'BPC0', 'Name': 'Brendan P. Crighton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BPC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T15:03:58.94'}
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By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1630) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to ordinary disability retirements. Public Service.
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Subdivision (2) of section 6 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following new paragraph:-
"(e) Upon acceptance of this paragraph by a retirement system, payments to a member retired under the provisions of this section shall be no less than the monthly payment to a disabled individual, with the same marital status, under the state supplemental security income program. Acceptance of this paragraph 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 paragraph.".
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An Act relative to special needs trusts and pensions
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By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1631) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to special needs trusts and pensions. Public Service.
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Section 12 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws is amended by inserting at the end of line 146 the following sentence:- In the event that any of the aforementioned eligible beneficiaries is the beneficiary of a special needs trust, the trustee or fiduciary of said trust shall be eligible for nomination as beneficiary under this option.
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An Act relative to certain employees of the MBTA advisory board
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By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1632) of Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to certain employees of the MBTA 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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By Mr. Crighton (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1633) of Ronald J. Colosi, Jr. for legislation to provide for domestic partners through public employee pensions. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 12 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 145 by inserting the following words after the word "spouse":- "a registered domestic partner,".
SECTION 2. Said section, as so appearing, is hereby further amended in line 147 by inserting the following words after the word "spouse":- "or a registered domestic partner".
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By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1634) of John J. Cronin and Ryan C. Fattman for legislation relative to GIC healthcare coverage for group 4 members pending disability retirement. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 28N of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:-
(b) When any Group 4 member has applied and/or going through the accidental or ordinary disability retirement process said member's GIC health care benefits will not be terminated and be continued until the members retirement is approved.
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By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1635) of John J. Cronin for legislation relative to timely retirement payment. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (B) of subdivision (1) of Section 13 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws shall be amended by adding the following after the words “allowance becomes effective.”, the following words: - “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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By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1636) of John J. Cronin for legislation relative to disability or death caused by contagious diseases. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 94B the following new section: Section 94C.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purposes of any death, disability or medical services claim including claims under Chapter 32, Chapter 41 and Chapter 152 of the General Laws, any contagious disease, resulting in disability or death to a full-time uniformed member of a paid police department, fire department or municipal emergency medical service shall, if he or she successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent to such entry, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that non-service connected risk factors or non-service connected accidents or hazards undergone, or any combination thereof, caused such incapacity. The provisions of this section shall only apply if the disabling or fatal condition is a type of contagious disease which may, in general, result from exposure to blood and other body fluids of the sick, excluding the common cold.
(2) Any person first discovering any such condition within five years of the last date on which such person actively so served shall be eligible to apply for benefits hereunder, and such benefits, if granted, shall be payable as of the date on which the employee last received regular compensation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person serving in such position unless such person shall first establish that he has regularly responded to calls for police, fire or emergency medical service during some portion of the period of his service in such position.
(3) The provisions of this section shall also apply to any condition of COVID-19, Hepatitis A, B, or C, Tuberculosis, HIV, and any other contagious disease which is found by regulation by the commissioner of the department of public health to have a statistically significant correlation with police, fire or emergency medical service.
(4) Nothing herein shall preclude a member from applying for and receiving benefits under section seven or section nine, subject to the provisions of said sections.
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[{'Id': 'JJC0', 'Name': 'John J. Cronin', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JJC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T09:28:33.7333333'}]
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By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1637) of John J. Cronin for legislation relative to a post-traumatic stress disorder presumption for certain retirement benefits. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 94B the following section:-
Section 94C. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
“Post-traumatic stress disorder”, a disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress, specified by the American Psychiatric Association in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders, or most recently published edition.
“Mental health professional”, a person with professional training, experience and demonstrated competence in the treatment and diagnosis of mental conditions, who is certified or licensed to provide mental health care services and for whom diagnosis of mental conditions are within their scope of practice, including a physician, nurse with recognized psychiatric specialties, psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, mental health counselor or alcohol and drug abuse counselor.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary relative to the non-contributory or contributory retirement system, any condition of impairment of health caused by post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosed by a mental health professional resulting in total or partial disability or death of: (1) a full-time uniformed member of a paid police department, paid fire department, paid municipal emergency medical service department, the police department of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the state police or the public works building police, (2) any employee in the department of correction or a county correctional facility whose regular or incidental duties require the care, supervision or custody of prisoners, criminally insane persons or defective delinquents, (3) any permanent crash crewmen, crash boatman, fire controlman or assistant fire controlman employed at the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, (4) the members of the 104th fighter wing fire department or (5) members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, shall if they successfully passed a physical examination on entry into said service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of said condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the post-traumatic stress was caused by non-service connected risk factors or non-service connected exposure.
(c) Any person first diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder within 5 years of the last date on which said person actively served shall be eligible to apply for benefits pursuant to this section, and if granted, said benefits shall be payable as of the date on which the employee last received regular compensation.
(d) Post-traumatic stress disorder shall not be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty of it results from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, termination, resignation, retirement or similar bona fide personnel action taken in good faith by the employer.
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[{'Id': 'JAC0', 'Name': 'Julian Cyr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T14:07:51.2366667'}, {'Id': 'PWM0', 'Name': 'Paul W. Mark', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PWM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-23T16:06:20.0266667'}, {'Id': 'JPL1', 'Name': 'Jack Patrick Lewis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JPL1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-23T16:06:20.0266667'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-25T11:46:09.8033333'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'MRP0', 'Name': 'Marc R. Pacheco', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRP0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'CLG1', 'Name': 'Carmine Lawrence Gentile', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'RKK0', 'Name': 'Robyn K. Kennedy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RKK0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'TMS1', 'Name': 'Thomas M. Stanley', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T13:23:34.83'}, {'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:53:22.14'}, {'Id': 'JJC0', 'Name': 'John J. Cronin', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JJC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:53:22.14'}, {'Id': 'A_G0', 'Name': 'Adam Gomez', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/A_G0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T13:53:22.14'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T16:10:18.9366667'}, {'Id': 'PDJ0', 'Name': 'Patricia D. Jehlen', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PDJ0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T16:10:18.9366667'}, {'Id': 'jml0', 'Name': 'Jason M. Lewis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/jml0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T16:10:18.9366667'}, {'Id': 'LME0', 'Name': 'Lydia Edwards', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/LME0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T16:10:18.9366667'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-14T17:45:19.07'}, {'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-14T17:45:19.07'}, {'Id': 'EDJ0', 'Name': 'Edward J. Kennedy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/EDJ0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-24T16:05:29.7433333'}, {'Id': 'JBL0', 'Name': 'Joan B. Lovely', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBL0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-20T16:41:32.4833333'}, {'Id': 'JFK0', 'Name': 'John F. Keenan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JFK0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-25T13:18:07.7033333'}, {'Id': 'MOM0', 'Name': 'Michael O. Moore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MOM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-08-28T11:12:55.2366667'}, {'Id': 'BPC0', 'Name': 'Brendan P. Crighton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BPC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-09-06T09:44:01.5766667'}, {'Id': 'JMC0', 'Name': 'Joanne M. Comerford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JMC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-09-15T10:32:26.5633333'}]
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1638) of Julian Cyr, Paul W. Mark, Jack Patrick Lewis, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide fair and affordable public retiree benefits. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c) of section 102 of chapter 32, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 34, by striking out the figure “$13,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure: - “$18,000”
SECTION 2. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended, in line 38, by striking out the figure “$13,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure: - “$18,000”
SECTION 3. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended, in line 46, by striking out the figure “$13,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure: - “$18,000”
SECTION 4. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 1 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 34, by striking out the figure “$18,000” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “65 per cent of the maximum social security benefit for an individual worker retiring at full retirement age”
SECTION 5. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 2 of this act, is hereby further amended, in line 38, by striking out the figure “$18,000” and inserting in place thereof, the following words:- “65 per cent of the maximum social security benefit for an individual worker retiring at full retirement age”
SECTION 6. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 3 of this act, is hereby further amended, in line 46, by striking out the figure “$18,000” and inserting in place thereof, the following words:- “65 per cent of the maximum social security benefit for an individual worker retiring at full retirement age”
SECTION 7. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 4 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 34, by striking out the figure “65” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “75”
SECTION 8. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 5 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 38, by striking out the figure “65” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “75”
SECTION 9. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 6 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 46, by striking out the figure “65” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “75”
SECTION 10. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 7 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 34, by striking out the figure “75” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “85”
SECTION 11. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 8 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 38, by striking out the figure “75” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “85”
SECTION 12. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 9 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 46, by striking out the figure “75” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “85”
SECTION 13. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 10 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 34, by striking out the figure “85” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “95”
SECTION 14. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 11 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 38, by striking out the figure “85” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “95”
SECTION 15. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 12 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 46, by striking out the figure “85” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “95”
SECTION 16. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 13 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 34, by striking out the figure “95” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “100”
SECTION 17. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 14 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 38, by striking out the figure “95” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “100”
SECTION 18. Said subsection (c) of section 102 of said chapter 32, as most recently amended by section 15 of this act, is hereby amended, in line 46, by striking out the figure “95” and inserting in place thereof, the following figure:- “100”
SECTION 19. Section 9 of chapter 32B, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the first paragraph, the following paragraph: -
Any reduction in the percentage of a governmental unit’s contributions to health premiums for retired employees made after January 1, 2023 shall not apply to individuals that retire before the change in contribution percentage takes effect.
SECTION 20. Notwithstanding chapter 32A or 32B of the General Laws, for retired public employees that are over the age of 65 and not eligible for the federal Medicare program, the maximum amount of out-of-pocket costs for covered services under a group health insurance plan under chapter 32A or 32B during an enrollment year shall not exceed $2,500 for individual coverage and $5,000 for family coverage.
SECTION 21. Sections 1-3 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
SECTION 22. Sections 4-6 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
SECTION 23. Sections 7-9 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2029.
SECTION 24. Sections 10-12 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2033.
SECTION 25. Sections 13-15 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2037.
SECTION 26. Sections 16-18 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2041.
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An Act correcting pension inequity for James G. Clothier
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[{'Id': 'JAC0', 'Name': 'Julian Cyr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T14:09:26.5066667'}]
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1639) of Julian Cyr for legislation to correct pension inequity for James G. Clothier. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the teachers' retirement board is hereby authorized and directed to permit James G. Clothier to purchase ten years' of creditable service in the teachers' retirement system for the sum of eighteen thousand five hundred two and 14/100 dollars ($18,502.14), for his service as a teacher in the public schools of New York State. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this purchase shall be permitted notwithstanding the receipt by Mr. Clothier of any pension, retirement allowance, or similar benefit from any New York State teacher retirement system or program.
SECTION 2. Upon purchase of the creditable service as provided herein, said service shall be deemed for all purposes to have been purchased on January 26, 1998 and shall be included in the calculation of Mr. Clothier's superannuation retirement allowance from the teachers' retirement system retroactively to the effective date of his retirement on June 30, 2002.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:47:04.067'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:47:04.0666667'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 164) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to enhance the podiatric profession's registration and oversight. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 13 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out sections 12A to 12C, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following sections:-
Section 12A. There shall be within the board of registration in medicine a board of registration in podiatry, to be appointed by the governor, in this and in the following two sections called the podiatry board, consisting of five members, citizens of the commonwealth, three of whom shall have had at least seven years of practice in podiatry in this commonwealth. The fourth member shall be a registered physician who shall have had at least seven years of practice in medicine in this commonwealth. The fifth member shall be a representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section 9B. No member of the board shall be connected in any way with a school of podiatry or be financially interested in any manufacturing, wholesale or retail business, pertaining to podiatry in any form whatsoever. As the term of a member expires, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, to serve for five years.
Section 12B. The podiatry board shall annually meet in the month of October at such time and place as it shall determine, and shall organize by electing a chairman and secretary, who shall be members of the podiatry board, and who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The podiatry board shall hold at least six additional meetings at such times and places as it shall determine or upon call of the chairman. Three members of the podiatry board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Section 12C. The members of the podiatry board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the podiatry board.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 13 is further amended by inserting after section 12C the following section:-
Section 12D. The board of registration in medicine in consultation with the commissioner of public health may review and approve rules and regulations proposed by the podiatry board. Such regulations will be deemed approved unless disapproved within ninety days of submission to the medicine board provided, however, that any such disapproval shall be in writing setting forth the reasons for such disapproval.
SECTION 3. Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 17A and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 17A. The board shall keep a full record of its proceedings and a registry of all persons registered by it, which shall be public records and open to inspection. Subject to the provisions of section 12D of chapter 13, the board shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper conduct of its duties. It shall make an annual report, including a statement of the condition of podiatry in the commonwealth.
The board shall investigate all complaints of the violation of any provision of sections thirteen to twenty-two, inclusive, or of section sixty-five relative to podiatry, and report the same to the proper prosecuting officers.
Said chapter 112 is further amended by inserting after section 17B the following Section:-
Section 17C. The board shall promulgate regulations jointly with the board of registration in medicine, and in consultation with the commissioner of public health, to ensure that podiatrists under the board of registration in podiatry are subject to requirements commensurate to those that physicians are subject to under the board of registration in medicine pursuant to section 5 and sections 5A to 5M, inclusive, as they apply to the creation and public dissemination of individual profiles and licensure restrictions, disciplinary actions and reports, claims or reports of malpractice, communication with professional organizations, physical and mental examinations, investigation of complaints and other aspects of professional conduct and discipline.
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1640) of Julian Cyr and Vanna Howard for legislation relative to fair worker representation on joint purchasing group committees. Public Service.
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Section 12 of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the second paragraph the following 2 sentences:- "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, no less than 25 per cent 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 Employees Association of Massachusetts. All members will be considered voting members."
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1641) of Julian Cyr and Vanna Howard for legislation relative to the Commonwealth's fire departments. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 100 of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 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 Provincetown to continue the employment of Michael Trovato
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[{'Id': 'JAC0', 'Name': 'Julian Cyr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:52:38.56'}, {'Id': 'SKP1', 'Name': 'Sarah K. Peake', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SKP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T14:55:15.1533333'}]
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1642) of Julian Cyr and Sarah K. Peake (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Provincetown to continue the employment of Michael Trovato. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, Michael Trovato, a member of the fire department of the town of Provincetown, may continue to serve in such position until May 31, 2025, until the date of his retirement, or until the date he is relieved of his duties by the board of fire engineers of the town of Provincetown, whichever occurs first; provided, however, that he is mentally and physically capable of performing the duties of his office; provided further, that no further deductions shall be made from the regular compensation of Michael Trovato pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws for service subsequent to the date on which he reaches 65 years of age; and provided further, that, upon retirement, Michael Trovato shall receive a superannuation retirement allowance equal to that which he would have been entitled had he retired on the date on which he reached 65 years of age. The town may, at its own expense, require that Michael Trovato be examined by an impartial physician designated by them to determine such capability.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to municipal workforce shortage
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1643) of Julian Cyr for legislation relative to municipal workforce shortage. 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 striking section 91(b) in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following new section:-
(b) Any person who has been retired and who is receiving a pension or retirement allowance, under the provisions of this chapter or any other general or special law, from the commonwealth, county, city, town, district or authority, or any person whose employment, in the service of the commonwealth, county, city, town, district or authority, has been terminated, under the provisions of this chapter or any other general or special law including as a consultant or independent contractor or as a person whose regular duties require that his time be devoted to the service of the commonwealth, county, city, town, district or authority shall certify to their employer and the treasurer or other person responsible for the payment of the for the position in which they are to be employed, the number of days or hours which they have been employed in any such calendar year and the amount of earnings therefrom. If the number of hours exceeds 1,200, in the aggregate or if the earnings therefrom exceed when added to any pension or retirement allowance they are receiving shall not exceed the salary that is being paid for the position from which they were retired or in which his employment was terminated plus $15,000. A person earning more than this amount shall pay a 5% surcharge on any additional earnings. The surcharge shall be paid to the County, City, Town or State Retirement Board. The surcharge will be returned to the municipality or governmental entity that is paying the person.
SECTION 2. Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking section 91(c).
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An Act relative to pensions, fiduciary standards, and sustainable investment
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By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1644) of Julian Cyr for legislation relative to pensions, fiduciary standards, and sustainable investment. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the definition of “Beneficiary'' and inserting in place thereof the following new definition:-
“Beneficiary”, any person who is owed a retirement pension, is paid a retirement pension, is paid an early retirement pension or is paid a survivor’s pension or a person entitled to any present or potential benefit on account of membership of a person other than himself, under the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive. Beneficiaries include, but are not limited to: (i) newly hired state employees and current workers owed a pension obligation as part of their employment agreement that can only be collected decades from now, upon retirement; (ii) new retirees who are eligible and are starting to collect their monthly financial payments owed as part of the pension obligation; (iii) The oldest retirees who continue to collect their monthly financial payments owed as part of the pension obligation, regardless of their age; and (iv) Massachusetts taxpayers who guarantee pension obligations are fulfilled in the event a pension fund fails to meet that obligation on its own.
SECTION 2. Said section 1 of chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking the words "Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund" and replacing it with the following:- "Commonwealth Pension Promise Fund".
SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Date the system becomes operative” the following new definition:-
“Dignified retirement”, The outcome of a successful pension fiduciary-beneficiary social contract and the intention of the Commonwealth Pension Promise Fund is a dignified retirement with financial security and environmental/social security.
SECTION 4. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “District” the following new definitions:-
“Divestment”, the act of selling securities and other assets held by the Commonwealth Pension Promise Fund for breaches of fiduciary duty to comply with the obligation to deliver to beneficiaries a dignified retirement and fulfil the Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty and Duty of Impartiality, among other specific/explicit duties.
“Duty of Care”, the explicit fiduciary duty to protect the best interests of beneficiaries without harm to others.
“Duty of Impartiality”, the explicit fiduciary duty to diverse beneficiaries in protecting the interests of one beneficiary class without harming another beneficiary class. See “Intergenerational loyalty”.
“Duty of Loyalty”, the explicit fiduciary duty to perform the duties of a fiduciary in the best interests of the beneficiary, regardless of the fiduciaries’ other points of view.
“Duty to a Common Good”, the explicit fiduciary duty to meet the foundational imperative of public pensions to manage the funds to meet the obligation as a public good.
“Duty to a Safe Future”, the explicit fiduciary duty to invest in fiduciary-grade enterprises that do not create negative externalities that accrue to future beneficiaries.
“Duty to Monitor”, the explicit fiduciary duty to ensure that non fiduciary third-party vendors are transparent, compliant with Commonwealth law and fulfilling the fiduciary duty of the fiduciary trustees held accountable for the actions of the non-fiduciary third party.
“Duty to Negotiate”, the explicit fiduciary duty to acknowledge the purchasing power of public pensions to negotiate with fiduciary-grade enterprises better terms that meet fiduciary values.
SECTION 5. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Employee” the following new definition:-
“Environmental, Social, Governance (“ESG”)", “ESG” stands for environmental, social, and governance. ESG investing is a way of investing in companies based on their commitment to one or more ESG factors. It is often also called sustainable investing, socially responsible investing, and impact investing.
The environmental factor may focus on a company’s impact on the environment or the risks and opportunities associated with the impacts of climate change on the company, its business and its industry. The social factor may focus on the company’s relationship with people and society, or whether the company invests in its community. The governance factor may focus on issues such as how the company is run and executive compensation.
SECTION 6. Said section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking the definition of “'Fiduciary” and inserting in place thereof the following new definition:-
''Fiduciary'', any person who exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of the funds of any retirement system or exercises any authority or control respecting management or disposition of its assets on behalf of its beneficiaries. Fiduciaries have important responsibilities and are subject to standards of conduct because they act on behalf of participants in a retirement plan and their beneficiaries. These “Duties”, defined specifically above, include broadly: (i) Acting solely in the interest of plan participants and their beneficiaries and with the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to them; (ii) Carrying out their duties prudently; (iii) Following the plan documents Diversifying plan investments; and (iv) Paying only reasonable plan expenses.
SECTION 7. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Fiduciary” the following new definitions:-
“Fiduciary Duty”, the legal and professional obligation of persons or institutions entrusted to manage the best interests of a beneficiary, including but not limited to the eligible beneficiaries of the Commonwealth’s public pensions. A Full Expression of Fiduciary Duty is two parts, pertaining to but not limited to, management of the Commonwealth’s public pensions as a public good through (i) financial performance and (ii) the protection of future social and environmental benefits.
“Fiduciary Malpractice”, includes breaches, intentional or otherwise, of the explicit fiduciary standards as outlined in chapter 32.
“Fiduciary Minimums”, sufficient cash flow, generated through fiduciary-grade investments and as required by actuarial forecasts, that support the provision of retirement benefits – financial, social and environmental – to current and future members and the general public.
“Fiduciary Money”, the cash and/or cash value held in the actuarial risk pool, designed by actuaries to deliver on the pension promise.
“Fiduciary-Grade Investments”, an investment that generates fiduciary minimum returns, such as cash flows, without creating or reckoning with negative externalities harmful to the future.
SECTION 8. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Hospital district” the following new definitions:-
“Intergenerational loyalty”, a unique obligation of public pension plans with their diverse sets of beneficiaries. See Duty of Impartiality. One subset of beneficiary, like current retirees, cannot benefit at the expense of another subset of beneficiary, like current workers not yet eligible to collect their owed pension promise.
“Loss”, financial, social and environmental setbacks, now or in the future, created by pension investment strategies. Fiduciary duty is more than financial performance, but includes a reckoning with negative externalities that also constitute a loss to future beneficiaries collecting their pension promise.
SECTION 9. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Membership service” the following new definition:-
“Negative Externalities”, long-term damage or degradation to environmental, social and other public goods from current activities, like nonfiduciary financial investments, that accrue to the future and future beneficiaries/youngest beneficiaries owed a pension promise.
SECTION 10. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Pension fund” the following new definition:-
“Pension Promise”, a social contract, with terms and conditions, between public pension fiduciaries guided by explicit fiduciary duties and their eligible pension beneficiaries to deliver regular payments of financial support upon the retirement date of the beneficiary. Beneficiaries who are still working and/or are not yet eligible to receive retirement payments as per the pension promise are still owed a pension promise whenever they are eligible to retire in the future.
SECTION 11. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Prior service” the following new definition:-
“Public good”, public pensions are designed, firstly, as a public good to support elderly Americans with financial security to the larger benefits accruing to workers, taxpayers, the economy and the Commonwealth. Preserving the public good enshrines the fund’s financial obligation to current retirees who have earned their retirements through a career of public service.
SECTION 12. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Retirement system funding schedule” the following new definition:-
“Scale”, the financial size and economic influence of public pensions, compared to other financial funds, in fulfilling the pension promise.
SECTION 13. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Service” the following new definition:-
“Social Contract”, the agreement, with terms and conditions, of a pension promise between a fiduciary and beneficiary owed that pension promise.
SECTION 14. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Special fund for military service credit” the following new definitions:-
“Speculation”, a type of investment strategy that gambles fiduciary money on markets and exchanges and other financial forums that manage market-clearing prices and share value of securitized assets and must be reviewed for breaches of fiduciary duty.
“Standing”, the legal entitlement of a beneficiary to challenge fiduciary duty and potential breaches of fiduciary duty. Commonwealth taxpayers, as sponsors of the public pensions, have standing to challenge fiduciary performance.
SECTION 15. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “State police surgeon” the following new definitions:-
“Stewardship”, the safer alternative path investment strategy that curates a healthy future for all beneficiaries owed a pension promise, and the general public.
“Sufficiency”, the level of cashflow return from financing activities needed to meet actuarial minimums and costs in order to manage the pension plan for as long as it is obligation to deliver a pension promise.
SECTION 16. Said section 1 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of “Teacher” the following new definition:-
“Third-party Experts, Consultants, Vendors, Offerors, Asset Managers”, nonfiduciary individuals or entities contracted and awarded with public pension money to generate financial returns from pension fund fiduciary monies in accordance with agreed strategy.
SECTION 17. Said chapter 32 is hereby amended by adding the following 2 new sections:-
Section 106. Purpose of the Commonwealth Pension Promise fund
The Commonwealth Pension Promise Fund, shall, by a social contract called a “pension promise”, provide regular financial payments to eligible pension beneficiaries for as long as a beneficiary is alive. The purpose extends to fiduciary duty practices that meet fiduciary minimum cash flows invested in fiduciary-grade enterprises that have no or minimized negative externalities or social/environmental damage that accrue to future or youngest beneficiaries owed a dignified retirement equal to those dignified retirements of the beneficiaries before them.
Section 107. Pensions as public goods
Public Pensions shall be public goods, in keeping with their historical development to assist older Commonwealth citizens for the benefits of workers, taxpayers, society and the economy. The public good enshrines a retiree’s right to receive pension benefits whenever they retiree and if they are already retired.
SECTION 18. Section 23(3) of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the definition of “Fiduciary Standards” in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following new definition:-
"Fiduciary Standards”, A fiduciary as defined in section 1 shall execute the Duties of Care, Loyalty and Impartiality along with the Duties of Negotiation, A Safe Future and Common Good, as outlined in section one and in keeping with the care, skill, prudence and diligence of a reasonable person acting in a stewardship manner, as defined in section one. A Fiduciary’s purpose is to deliver the pension promise, as described in Section 1(a), that is made to all eligible public pension beneficiaries and members, regardless of their age, employment status with the state or retirement status to contribute to a dignified retirement and, additionally, a public good, as describe in Section 1(b) for all Commonwealth taxpayers who contribute as sponsors to any underfunded position. A Pension Promise is two-fold: 1) Providing a regular payment of financial support in keeping with a dignified quality of life and 2) protecting the social and environmental benefits that contribute to that dignified retirement.
Fiduciaries, on their own or through a non-fiduciary consultant, advisor or hired cash flow manager, must meet the annual minimum fiduciary return through fiduciary-grade investments, as outlined in section 1, that generate sufficient cash flows, minimum or no long-term negative externalities, as outline in section 1.
Fiduciary-grade investments must meet the goals of diversification, risk mitigation for current and future retirees, and stewardship strategies that minimize the risk of large financial and environmental losses. Where a fiduciary makes a non-fiduciary choice that breaches any of the explicit duties in managing the public pension, that choice must be defended in a full public disclosure before that choice is executed.
Losses are defined in section 1. Each member of a retirement board established under this chapter shall, upon the commencement of the member's term, file with the commission a statement acknowledging the member is aware of and will comply with the standards set forth in chapter 268A, this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.
Pension beneficiaries, members and citizens with standing as defined in section 1 can challenge, in legal and other forums, the fulfilment of fiduciary duty and the actions of fiduciaries on the grounds that the Duties of Care, Loyalty and Impartiality, Negotiation, A Safe Future and Common Good have been breached.
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An Act relative to disability or death caused by post-traumatic stress disorder
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By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1645) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Susannah M. Whipps, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the disability or death caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Public Service.
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Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 94B the following section:-
"Section 94C. (a) “Post-traumatic stress disorder”, a disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress, as specified by the American Psychiatric Association in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders, or most recently published edition.
“Mental health professional”, a person with professional training, experience and demonstrated competence in the treatment and diagnosis of mental conditions, who is certified or licensed to provide mental health care services and for whom diagnosis of mental conditions are within their scope of practice, including a physician, nurse with recognized psychiatric specialties, psychiatrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, mental health counselor or alcohol and drug abuse counselor.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary relative to the non-contributory or contributory retirement system, any condition of impairment of health caused by post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosed by a mental health professional resulting in total or partial disability or death of: (1) a full-time uniformed member of a paid police department, paid fire department, paid municipal emergency medical service department, the police department of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the state police or the public works building police, (2) any employee in the department of correction or a county correctional facility whose regular or incidental duties require the care, supervision or custody of prisoners, criminally insane persons or defective delinquents, (3) any permanent crash crewmen, crash boatman, fire controlman or assistant fire controlman employed at the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, (4) the members of the 104th fighter wing fire department, or (5) members of the Massachusetts military reservation fire department, shall, if they successfully passed a physical examination on entry into said service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of said condition, be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the post-traumatic stress was caused by non-service connected risk factors or non-service connected exposure.
(c) Any person first diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder within 5 years of the last date on which said person actively served shall be eligible to apply for benefits pursuant to this section, and if granted, said benefits shall be payable as of the date on which the employee last received regular compensation.
(d) Post-traumatic stress disorder shall not be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty if it results from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, termination, resignation, retirement or similar bona fide personnel action taken in good faith by the employer."
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An Act relative to police cadets in the city of Everett
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By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1646) of Sal N. DiDomenico (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation relative to police cadets in the city of Everett. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 31 of the General Laws, a person who has completed not less than 2 years of service as a police cadet on the police department of the city of Everett pursuant to section 21A of chapter 147 of the General Laws may, subject to a program established by the appointing authority of the city, and approved by the personnel administrator and the Municipal Police Training Committee, be appointed to fill a vacancy on a position in the lowest grade in the police department of the city without certification from an eligible list prepared pursuant to said chapter 31; provided, however, that such person is either on a police entrance eligible list prepared under said chapter 31 or passes a police entrance examination to be given by the personnel administrator for civil service. Such program shall include provisions for appointment as police cadets in said city and an eligible list prepared after a competitive examination under the supervision of the Chief of Police of said city. Appointments from this list may, in the discretion of the appointing authority, be made on a selective basis for the purposes of affirmative action in the employment of females and minorities as police cadets.
SECTION 2. If any federal or state, administrative or court order requires the listing of candidates on separate groups, each group to be listed according to the law of the commonwealth, then this act shall be subject to such listing.
SECTION 3. Not more than 33 1/3 per cent of the total appointments to the regular police force of the city of Everett in any calendar year shall be made pursuant to this act. The appointing authority of the city shall report in writing any appointment made pursuant to this act to the personnel administrator in the Human Resources Division.
SECTION 4. The provisions of section 61 of chapter 31 of the General Law shall apply to appointments made under this act.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1647) of Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation to establish creditable service for veterans. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 46 of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection 1B the following section:-
"(1C) An employee with 7 years of creditable service who is a veteran, as defined by the forty-third clause of section 7 of chapter 4, shall upon the employee’s seventh anniversary of hire, be advanced to the maximum step in the employee’s job group."
SECTION 2. Any employee who, as of the effective date of this act, satisfies the requirements of subsection 1C of section 46 of chapter 30 of the General Laws shall immediately be advanced to the maximum step in the employee’s job group."
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{'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T22:05:37.427'}
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[{'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T22:05:37.4266667'}]
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By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1648) of Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation relative to responsible corporate investments. Public Service.
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Massachusetts General Law Chapter 32 is hereby amended by adding a new section:
"Section 106. The state employees retirement system, the teachers retirement system, and all county, city and town contributions retirement systems shall not invest, or otherwise contribute funds, directly or indirectly, to an investment vehicle or fund controlled or managed by a financial institution or investment company, if that financial institution or investment company is headquartered, or, in the case of a non-publicly traded company, whose officers or principals reside in a state- which by executive or legislative action- has prohibited its state treasurer, retirement systems, or public pension funds from investing, with a financial institution or investment company because that financial institution or investment company utilizes environmental. social, and corporate (ESG) policies."
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An Act to provide retirement security to care workers
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{'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T21:11:08.747'}
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[{'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T21:11:08.7466667'}]
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By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1649) of Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation to provide retirement security to care workers. 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 adding the following section:-
Section 106. (a) The executive office of health and human services and the department of early education and care, in consultation with MassHealth, the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council, 1199SEIU, and SEIU 509, shall develop and establish a 403(b) account, or another substantially similar individual retirement account program, for personal care attendants, as defined in section 70 of said chapter 118E, and for family child care providers, as defined in subsection (a) of section 17 of chapter 15D. Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 15D, sections 70-75 of chapter 118E, or any other special or general law to the contrary, the department of medical assistance shall be deemed the employer of said personal care attendants for purposes of making contributions under this Act and the PCA Quality Workforce Council shall be deemed the employer for purposes of collective bargaining under this Act, and the department of early education and care shall be deemed the employer of all family child care providers, as defined in section 17(a) of chapter 15D, for purposes of this Act.
(b) In developing such individual retirement account program, the executive office of health and human services and the department of early education and care shall ensure at a minimum that the retirement security program: (i) Allows all eligible individuals to contribute to the individual retirement account established under the program through payroll deductions and other means; (ii) Allows for collective bargaining over and an ongoing stakeholder and governance role for labor organizations representing eligible workers on the establishment, implementation, operations, and adjustments of the individual retirement account program; (iii) Includes an appointed 9-member governance board that shall include at least two representatives for the labor organization representing personal care attendants and two representatives for the labor organization representing family child care providers; (iv) Establishes a minimum state employer contribution to an eligible individual’s retirement account, whereby an eligible individual’s state employer will contribute a set amount with each paycheck that is over and above regular wages but that may be a percentage of the employee’s wages; (v) Establishes a minimum state employer matching contribution rate that provides a dollar-for-dollar matching state employer contribution equaling 100% of an employee’s contribution but that may be capped as a percentage of the employee’s own contribution; (vi) Is professionally managed and administered in an efficient and cost-effective manner, and with no or limited fees charged to participating individuals; and (vii) Establishes a union run retirement benefit orientation, including access to financial literacy programs.
SECTION 2. The executive office of health and human services and the department of early education and care shall establish the individual retirement account program as outlined above and procedures for enrollment of personal care attendants, as defined in section 70 of said chapter 118E and family child care providers, as defined in subsection (a) of section 17 of chapter 15D, no later than one year from passage of this Act.
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An Act further regulating the continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:31:24.423'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:31:24.4233333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 165) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to further regulate the continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and salespersons. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Section 87XX1/2 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following sentences:-
The board may authorize any courses or programs for continuing education credits that satisfy this section. The board may adopt rules and regulations for the continuing professional education required for renewal of licenses.
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An Act relative to retirement benefits for care givers at the Soldiers' Homes
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{'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T13:28:00.157'}
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[{'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T13:28:00.1566667'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T12:16:20.9033333'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T10:36:03.0666667'}]
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By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1650) of Sal N. DiDomenico, James K. Hawkins and Susannah M. Whipps for legislation relative to retirement benefits for care givers at the Soldiers' Homes. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the phrase "duties assigned to them" the following words:- "employees of Holyoke and Chelsea Soldiers' Homes employed as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, recreational therapists, physical therapy assistants, and any direct care workers who have provided services at any time for those suffering from mental health issues in a locked unit".
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An Act relative to the divestment of state pension funds from nuclear weapons
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[{'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T10:14:41.8233333'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T17:08:51.46'}]
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By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1651) of James B. Eldridge and Rebecca L. Rausch for legislation relative to the divestment of state pension funds from nuclear weapons. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. As used in this act the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
“Board”, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board established in section 23 of chapter 32.
“Company”, a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or other entity or business association, including all wholly-owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent companies or affiliates of such entities or business associations that exist for profit-making purposes.
“Direct holdings”, all securities of a company held directly by the public fund or in an account or fund in which the public fund owns all shares or interests.
“Indirect holdings”, all securities of a company held in an account or fund, such as a mutual fund, managed by 1 or more persons not employed by the public fund, in which the public fund owns shares or interests together with other investors not subject to this act.
“Nuclear material”, (A) plutonium; (B) uranium not in the form of ore or ore residue that contains the mixture of isotopes as occurring in nature; (C) enriched uranium, defined as uranium that contains the isotope 233 or 235 or both in such amount that the abundance ratio of the sum of those isotopes to the isotope 238 is greater than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature; or (D) uranium 233.
“Nuclear weapon”, any weapon that contains nuclear material.
“Nuclear weapon system”, any device designed exclusively to carry, contain, detonate, or launch a nuclear weapon.
“Nuclear weapon producer”, any company that develops, tests, produces, maintains, or engages in the trade of nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon systems.
“Public fund”, the Pension Reserves Investment Trust or the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board charged with managing the pooled investment fund consisting of the assets of the state employees’ and teachers’ retirement systems as well as the assets of local retirement systems under the control of the board.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, within 30 days of enactment, the public fund shall identify all nuclear weapons producers in which the fund owns direct or indirect holdings and shall file a list of any such holdings with the attorney general and the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, it shall be the settled policy of the public fund and of the board of the public fund not to invest in any nuclear weapon producer. The public fund shall sell, redeem, divest or withdraw all publicly-traded and non-publicly traded securities of each company identified pursuant to section 2 of this act within 12 months of enactment. This section shall not apply to indirect holdings in actively managed investment funds; provided, however, that the public fund shall submit letters to the managers of any such investment funds that contain companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act, requesting that they remove such companies from the investment fund or create a similar actively managed fund with indirect holdings devoid of such companies.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, with respect to actions taken in compliance with this act, the public fund shall be exempt from any conflicting statutory or common law obligation, including any such obligations with respect to choice of asset managers, investment funds, or investments for the public fund’s securities portfolios and all good faith determinations regarding the identification of nuclear weapons producers subject to divestment as provided for herein.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the public fund shall be permitted to cease divesting from companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act, to reinvest in companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act, or to continue to invest in companies pursuant to section 2 of this act from which it has not yet divested upon clear and convincing evidence showing that the value for all assets under management by the public fund becomes equal to or less than 99.5 per cent (50 basis points) of the hypothetical value of all assets under management by the public fund assuming no divestment for any company had occurred under said subsection. Cessation of divestment, reinvestment or any subsequent ongoing investment authorized by this section shall be strictly limited to the minimum steps necessary to avoid the contingency set forth in the preceding sentence. In advance of any cessation of divestment authorized by this subsection, the public fund shall provide a written report to the attorney general, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public service, updated annually thereafter as applicable, setting forth the reasons and justification, supported by clear and convincing evidence, for its decisions to cease divestment, to reinvest or to remain invested in companies identified pursuant to section 2.
SECTION 6. Present, future and former board members of the public fund, jointly and individually, state officers and employees, and investment managers under contract with the public fund shall be indemnified from the general fund and held harmless by the commonwealth from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges and expenses, including court costs and attorneys fees and against all liability, losses and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present, future or former board members, officers, employees, or contract investment managers shall or may at any time sustain by reason of any decision to restrict, reduce, or eliminate investments in nuclear weapons produces.
SECTION 7. The public fund shall annually, as applicable, file a report with the attorney general and with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, including: (i) all investments sold, redeemed, divested or withdrawn in compliance with this act within the preceding year; and (ii) all investments prohibited by this act from which the public fund has not yet divested.
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An Act relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters
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{'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T10:37:02.67'}
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[{'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T10:37:02.67'}, {'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-03T14:38:27.6033333'}, {'Id': 'CLG1', 'Name': 'Carmine Lawrence Gentile', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-13T11:52:57.4933333'}]
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By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1652) of James B. Eldridge for legislation relative to death benefits to surviving spouses of call and volunteer firefighters. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 9C½ of chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 6, after the figure ” 26,” the following words:- “and such children who are over the age of 19 and physically or mentally incapacitated from earnings”.
SECTION 2. Said section 9C½ of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is further amended by striking out, in line 7, the following words:- “continue to”.
SECTION 3. Said section 9C½ of said chapter 32B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 15, the words “100 per cent of the premium” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “a premium at the same rate as retirees of the governmental unit from time to time as part of the total cost”.
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An Act authorizing the appointment of special police officers in the town of Charlton
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{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:27:15.583'}
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:27:15.5833333'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1653) of Ryan C. Fattman (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the appointment of special police officers in the town of Charlton. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. The chief of police of the town of Charlton may appoint, if the chief deems necessary, individuals with a law enforcement background as special police officers for the purpose of performing police details or any other police duties arising from or during the course of police detail work, whether or not related to the detail work. Prior to appointment under this act, a special police officer shall pass a medical examination conducted by a physician or other certified professional chosen by the town to determine that the special police officer is capable of performing the essential duties of a special police officer, the cost of which shall be borne by the special police officer.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, a special police officer appointed pursuant to this act shall not be subject to the maximum age restrictions applied to regular officers under chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, however, that a special police officer appointed pursuant to this act shall not be eligible to serve as a special police officer upon reaching the age of 70.
SECTION 3. Special police officers appointed under this act shall be subject to the limitation on hours worked and other restrictions on earnings as provided in paragraph (b) of section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.
SECTION 4. Special police officers shall be subject to the rules and regulations, policies, procedures and requirements of the chief of police of the town of Charlton including, but not limited to, restrictions on the type of detail assignments, requirements regarding medical examinations to determine continuing capability to perform the duties of a special police officer, requirements for training, requirements for firearms licensing and qualifications and requirements regarding uniforms and equipment. Such special police officers shall comply with all requirements of chapter 6E of the General Laws, including: (i) maintaining certification and good standing with the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission; and (ii) complying with all annual in-service and other training requirements mandated by the municipal police training committee.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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[{'Action': 'Accompanied', 'FiscalAmounts': [], 'Committee': {'CommitteeCode': 'J23', 'GeneralCourtNumber': 193, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/Committees/J23'}, 'Votes': []}]
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An Act authorizing the town of Charlton to remove police department positions from civil service
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{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:29:01.53'}
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T12:29:01.53'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1654) of Ryan C. Fattman (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Charlton to remove police department positions from civil service. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all police officers, regardless of rank, in the Town of Charlton Police Department shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 31 of the General Laws.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall not impair the civil service status of any person employed on a permanent basis as a police officer, regardless of rank, of the Town of Charlton Police Department on the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act to reform sick leave buybacks
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T15:54:40.38'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1655) of Ryan C. Fattman for legislation to reform sick leave buybacks. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 31A of said chapter 29, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following 2 subsections:-
(e) No employee of the commonwealth shall accrue more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave credits.
(f) No employee of a public institution of higher education listed in section 5 of chapter 15A shall accrue more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave credits.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, section 1 shall take effect for any employee of the commonwealth and any employee at public institutions of higher education listed in section 5 of chapter 15A who has accrued not more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave credits, on the effective date of this act. Any such employee who has accrued more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave credits as of the effective date of this act shall not accrue credits in excess of those credits, but may accrue credits to replenish any sick time that is used after the effective date of this act, up to the maximum of 1,000 hours set forth above.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the personnel administrators shall promulgate revised rules under the second paragraph of section 28 of chapter 7 of the General Laws to incorporate the changes enacted in subsection (e) of section 31A of chapter 29 and section 2 of this act.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of higher education and the University of Massachusetts shall revise the necessary rules and policies in order to incorporate the changes enacted in subsection (f) of section 31A of chapter 29 and section 2 of this act, which revisions shall take effect as soon as practicable after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to the effects of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset in Massachusetts
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T16:01:50.23'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-28T07:53:55.0566667'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by resolve, Senate, No. 1656) of Ryan C. Fattman that provisions be made for an investigation and study by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to the effects of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset in Massachusetts. Public Service.
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Resolved, that a special commission is hereby established for the purposes of making an investigation and study relative to the effects of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset within the Congressional Social Security Act on employees who are members of a contributory retirement system in Massachusetts, the establishment of an education plan on social security offset programs and their effects on said employees, and the ability of said employees to recoup benefits lost due to the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset through the expansion of the Massachusetts Deferred Compensation Save Money and Retire Tomorrow Plan.
The commission shall consist of: 3 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be the president of the senate or a designee who shall serve as co-chair, 1 of whom shall be the minority leader of the senate or a designee, and 1 of whom shall be the chair of the joint committee on public service or a designee; 3 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be the speaker of the house or a designee who shall serve as co-chair, 1 of whom shall be the minority leader of the house or a designee, and 1 of whom shall be the chair of the joint committee on public service or a designee; and the treasurer and receiver-general or a designee.
All appointments shall be made not later than 30 days after the effective date of this resolve. The chairpersons shall meet with the commission not later than 60 days after the effective date of this resolve.
Members shall not receive compensation for their services but may receive reimbursement for the reasonable expenses incurred carrying out their responsibilities as members of the commission.
The commission shall report to the general court the result of its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing them with the clerk of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives on or before June 27, 2025. The commission may issue preliminary or interim reports to the general court before that date.
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T21:43:21.9833333'}, {'Id': 'DPL1', 'Name': 'David Paul Linsky', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DPL1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-06T12:24:49.9066667'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1657) of Ryan C. Fattman and David Paul Linsky for legislation to designate January as Peace Officer History Month. Public Service.
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Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 15LLLLLL the following section:-
Section 15MMMMMM. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of January as Peace Officer History Month and recommend that the month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
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[{'Action': 'Discharge to Another Committee', 'FiscalAmounts': [], 'Committee': {'CommitteeCode': 'J23', 'GeneralCourtNumber': 193, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/Committees/J23'}, 'Votes': []}]
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An Act relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers
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S1658
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SD2306
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{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T15:59:30.453'}
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[{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-13T15:59:30.4533333'}, {'Id': 'MOM0', 'Name': 'Michael O. Moore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MOM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-05T10:42:19.6466667'}]
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By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1658) of Ryan C. Fattman for legislation relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers. 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 striking out, in line 253, the words “University of Massachusetts police”
SECTION 2. Section 3 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “chief of security for the University of Massachusetts medical school or supervising identification agent”, in lines 327 through 328, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “University of Massachusetts, state university and community college police.”
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An Act classifying municipal animal control officers in group 4
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S1659
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SD2347
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{'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T13:47:52.13'}
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[{'Id': None, 'Name': 'Kathleen Flynn', 'Type': 3, 'Details': None, 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T13:47:52.13'}]
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By Mr. Fattman (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1659) of Kathleen Flynn for legislation to classify municipal animal control officers in group 4. Public Service.
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Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 297, after the word "Authority;" the following:- animal control officers;
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An Act furthering fair housing in real estate
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S166
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SD1101
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:32:13.31'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:32:13.31'}, {'Id': 'JBL0', 'Name': 'Joan B. Lovely', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBL0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-15T12:00:10.7533333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 166) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to further fair housing in real estate. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 87SS of chapter 112, as appearing in the 2018 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 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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[{'Action': 'Favorable', 'FiscalAmounts': [], 'Committee': {'CommitteeCode': 'J17', 'GeneralCourtNumber': 193, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/Committees/J17'}, 'Votes': []}]
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An Act relative to further defining employees classified in Group 4
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S1660
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SD713
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:17:31.553'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:17:31.5533333'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-25T20:49:14.7333333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1660) of Paul R. Feeney and Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. for legislation to classify certain probation officers and court officers in Group 4 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the Generals Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 327, after the word “supervisor”, the following words:-
associate probation officers, probation officer, assistance chief probation officer, senior community corrections probation officer, and day reporting center probation officer, first assistant chief probation officer, court officer I, court officer II, court officer III, assistant and chief court officer, associate court officer, and court officer-in-charge.
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An Act to provide diabetes prevention program benefits for GIC insurees
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:54:34.947'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:54:34.9466667'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1661) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to provide diabetes prevention program benefits. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 17R the following section:-
Section 17S. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission and is identified as someone with prediabetes those items and services furnished under a diabetes prevention program recognized as a National Diabetes Prevention Program as established by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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An Act relative to protecting local retirees
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S1662
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SD719
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:20:32.583'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:20:32.5833333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1662) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to protect local retirees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 9E of Chapter 32B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
In the event that the governmental unit approves an increase in the percent of the premium to be contributed by its retired employees, the percent of premium being paid by a retired employee at that time will not be increased to the higher percent.
SECTION 2. The provisions of this act shall take effect on January 1, 2023.
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An Act relative to court officers injured on duty
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S1663
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SD722
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:46:05.19'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:46:05.19'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1663) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to court officers injured on duty. Public Service.
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The last paragraph of section 58 of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
All amounts payable under this paragraph shall be paid at the same times and in the same manner as, and for all purposes shall be deemed to be, the regular compensation of such court officer.
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An Act clarifying constitutional officer employers for collective bargaining purposes
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S1664
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:04:51.01'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T11:04:51.01'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1664) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to designate constitutional officers as employers of the employees under their jurisdiction. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. The definition of "employee" in Section 1 of Chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words "and the officers and employees within the departments of the state secretary, state treasurer, state auditor and attorney general".
SECTION 2. The definition of "employer" in Section 1 of Chapter 150E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-
In the case of employees of the state secretary, state treasurer, state auditor and attorney general, the employer shall be the state secretary, state treasurer, state auditor and attorney general respectively.
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An Act exempting the city of Attleboro from the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws as they concern the recruitment and hiring of full-time permanent police officers
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S1665
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SD848
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:53:27.937'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:53:27.9366667'}, {'Id': 'AJS1', 'Name': 'Adam Scanlon', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJS1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-09T16:43:50.09'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1665) of Paul R. Feeney (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to exempt the city of Attleboro from the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws as they concern the recruitment and hiring of full-time permanent police officers. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or rule to the contrary, the City of Attleboro shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws concerning the recruiting and hiring for the position of permanent full-time police officer; furthermore, following (1) an original appointment as a permanent full-time police officer and graduation from a police academy, or (2) a permanent full-time position transfer from another police department, said police officer shall engage in the actual performance of the duties of such position for a probationary period of twelve (12) months; whereupon after completion of the probationary period, or extended probationary period, the police officer shall be considered a full-time tenured civil service employee in said position under chapter 31 of the General Laws.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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An Act relative to maintenance of physical examinations records for public safety personnel
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S1666
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:28:59.283'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:28:59.2833333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1666) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to maintenance of physical examinations records for public safety personnel. 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 adding the following words:-
If the member’s employer failed to maintain a record of the member’s physical examination on entry into service, the member or employer may submit an affidavit attesting that the member did undergo such an examination and that the examination failed to reveal evidence of such condition. This affidavit shall constitute satisfactory evidence that the member underwent such a physical.
SECTION 2. Section 94A of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following words:-
If the member’s employer failed to maintain a record of the member’s physical examination on entry into service, the member or employer may submit an affidavit attesting that the member did undergo such an examination and that the examination failed to reveal evidence of such condition. This affidavit shall constitute satisfactory evidence that the member underwent such a physical.
SECTION 3. Section 94B(1) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following words:-
If the member’s employer failed to maintain a record of the member’s physical examination on entry into service, the member or employer may submit an affidavit attesting that the member did undergo such an examination and that the examination failed to reveal evidence of such condition. This affidavit shall constitute satisfactory evidence that the member underwent such a physical.
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An Act relative to executive office of public safety and security dispatchers
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S1667
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:37:07.62'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:37:07.62'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1667) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to executive office of public safety and security dispatchers. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "supervision of prisoners;", in line 272, the following words:-
employees of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security working as State Police Dispatchers or State 911 Dispatchers in groups SPD 1, 2, and 3 who have been employed in a such a capacity for 10 years or more;
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An Act relative to the composition of the Group Insurance Commission
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:50:28.723'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:50:28.7233333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1668) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to the composition of the Group Insurance Commission. Public Service.
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Section 3 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 34, the words “and 13 member", and inserting in place thereof, the words:-
the president of the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts or a designee, and 12 members.
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An Act relative to employees of the Commonwealth who are required to respond to crime scenes
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S1669
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:52:54.647'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:52:54.6466667'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1669) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to include forensic scientists employed at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system for public employees. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (g), by inserting after the words "head guard and chief of waterfront police", in line 255, the words:-
Forensic Scientists employed at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory;
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An Act further regulating thoroughbred breeding
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:51:03.357'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T15:51:03.3566667'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T11:11:10.09'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 167) of Paul R. Feeney and James K. Hawkins for legislation to further regulate thoroughbred breeding. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Section 2 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out section (g) and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
(g) Promote, develop and encourage through the Massachusetts thoroughbred breeding program, the breeding of thoroughbred horses 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: (i) bonuses to be awarded to the breeder of a Massachusetts-bred thoroughbred horse of the purse money won by that thoroughbred horse in a pari-mutuel running horse race if the horse finishes first, second, third, fourth or fifth; (ii) incentives to the owner of the stallion, at the time of service to the dam of such purse winner; provided, however, that (1) the stallion shall have been registered by February 1 and stood the entire breeding season for that year; (2) the horse shall have finished first, second, third, fourth or fifth; and (3) the stallion shall be registered with the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association and shall not be registered to stand in any other state that year; and (iii) incentives for the purse monies won by the thoroughbred horse in any unrestricted or restricted pari-mutuel running horse race held within or outside the commonwealth to the owner of a Massachusetts-bred and accredited horse if the horse finishes first, second, third, fourth or fifth.
The Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc. may 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 Massachusetts gaming commission and after discussion with the division of racing, and to pay cash incentives to encourage breeding in the commonwealth. Such races may be betting or non-betting races and may be scheduled races by the licensee conducting the racing meeting. Purse monies paid by the association under this section shall 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; provided, however, that 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:
(i) the foal of a thoroughbred mare that drops the foal in the commonwealth and is bred back to a Massachusetts-registered stallion shall be deemed Massachusetts-bred;
(ii) the foal of a thoroughbred mare who resides in the commonwealth continuously for at least 90 days, including foaling and foals in the commonwealth, is Massachusetts-bred;
(iii) the foal that is raised in the commonwealth for 6 months continuously prior to December 31 of its 2-year-old year is a Massachusetts-accredited horse; or
(iv) in the case of clause (i),(ii) or (iii), each thoroughbred foal dropped or raised in the commonwealth is registered with the Jockey Club and the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc.; and
(v) 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 Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association: (1) a list of all thoroughbred mares bred to such stallion in that year; and (2) a verified statement representing that the 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 Massachusetts-bred horses have already been entered in the race. Full race shall be determined by the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc. and the hosting track for the race.
Prior to the first day of September annually, each person raising a weanling or yearling in the commonwealth for 6 months prior to December 31 of the horse’s 2-year-old year shall file with the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association a verified statement that it is raising the horse in the commonwealth and the location of the horse.
The Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Inc. may 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 a 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. may expend up to 12 per cent of the amount received each fiscal year for the program for the advertising, marketing, promotion and administration of the thoroughbred breeding program.
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 to authorize a local option for group retirement classification
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:38:01.957'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-12T16:38:01.9566667'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1670) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to authorize a local option for group retirement classification. 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 after line 326 the following new paragraph:-
Any municipality or public authority may elect to improve the retirement group classification for any group of employees of the municipality or the public authority upon its acceptance in the following manner: in a city having a Plan D or a Plan E charter by majority vote of its city council and approved by the manager; in any other city by majority vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; in a town by vote of the board of selectmen; in a public authority by 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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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1671) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to Group 1, Group 2 or Group 4 employees with creditable service to serve on retirement boards. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Subsection (47/8E) of Section 20 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words "April 2, 2012" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- July 1, 2012.
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1672) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to retirement board membership. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Subsection (47/8E) of Section 20 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “board”, the fourth time it appears, the following words:- in which he receives said remuneration, financial benefit or consideration of any kind;
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An Act relative to 911 emergency telecommunicators inclusion in the heart bill
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T16:48:03.0633333'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T09:38:13.0066667'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T13:56:34.5633333'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-28T12:15:55.76'}, {'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-01T09:58:17.8133333'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-13T15:48:09.18'}, {'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-25T10:14:23.9433333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1673) of Paul R. Feeney, James K. Hawkins, Susannah M. Whipps, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others for legislation relative to 911 emergency telecommunicators inclusion in the heart bill. Public Service.
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Section 94 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the words "Massachusetts military reservation fire department", in line 17, the following words:- , 911 emergency telecommunicators.
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T16:49:25.61'}, {'Id': 'JMC0', 'Name': 'Joanne M. Comerford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JMC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-17T14:07:10.5966667'}, {'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-22T10:47:27.6466667'}, {'Id': 'JKH1', 'Name': 'James K. Hawkins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JKH1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T09:38:03.54'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-24T13:56:25.0933333'}, {'Id': 'MSV1', 'Name': 'Marcus S. Vaughn', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MSV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-01T09:58:07.47'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-13T15:48:01.54'}, {'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-15T16:59:16.4533333'}, {'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-22T12:28:12.82'}, {'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-27T12:25:57.07'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1674) of Paul R. Feeney, Joanne M. Comerford, Bruce E. Tarr, James K. Hawkins and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to Massachusetts certified emergency telecommunicators. Public Service.
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Group 2 of paragraph (g) of subdivision (2) of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as amended by section 37 of chapter 39 of the acts of 2021, is hereby amended by inserting the following words after the word “hospital”, in line 266, the following words:- ; all full-time dispatchers, dispatch supervisors, communications center directors or communications chiefs certified by the state 911 Department as Certified Telecommunicators as defined by MA 560 CMR 5.04
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1675) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to defining Court Service Coordinator in Group 2. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in section 3 (g), in line 242, after the word “hospital,” the following new words:- "employees of the trial court of the Commonwealth who hold the position of court service coordinator or assistant court service coordinator."
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-20T12:41:07.91'}, {'Id': 'DTV1', 'Name': 'David T. Vieira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DTV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-03T11:55:53.5833333'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1676) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to define employees in Group 2. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in section 3 (g), in line 242, after the word “hospital,” the following new words:- “employees of the trial court of the Commonwealth who hold the position of court service coordinator, assistant court service coordinator, chief housing specialist, housing specialist, psychologist, court reporter, court interpreter, professional, clerical and other employees whose duty and responsibilities bring them in contact with criminal defendants and others whose court appearance is required.”
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An Act relative to the amendment of M.G.L. c.32, section 4(2)(b) and 4(2)(c), solely as they relate to the calculation of Walter L. Guertin's pension
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{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T16:08:33.3'}
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T16:08:33.3'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1677) of Paul R. Feeney (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation relative to the calculation of the pension of Walter L. Guertin. Public Service. [Local approval received]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4(2)(b) and 4(2)(c) of chapter 32 or any other general or special law to the contrary, Walter Guertin shall receive a retirement allowance based upon the thirty-two years of creditable service calculated by the Attleboro Retirement Board as of the date of his retirement, November 17, 2017.
SECTION 2. This act shall apply as of November 17, 2017, and the Attleboro Retirement Board shall pay to Walter Guertin any amounts owed between the date of retirement and the passage of this act. Said retirement allowance shall be subject to the provisions of section 103 of chapter 32.
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[{'Action': 'Favorable', 'FiscalAmounts': [], 'Committee': {'CommitteeCode': 'J23', 'GeneralCourtNumber': 193, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/Committees/J23'}, 'Votes': []}]
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An Act relative to the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees
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{'Id': 'CFF0', 'Name': 'Cindy F. Friedman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CFF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T09:23:08.787'}
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[{'Id': 'CFF0', 'Name': 'Cindy F. Friedman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CFF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T09:23:08.7866667'}]
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By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1678) of Cindy F. Friedman for legislation relative to the annual allowance for certain survivors of public retirees and employees. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Option (d) of section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “or $500”, in line 233, the following words:- "or $750".
SECTION 2. Said option (d) of said section 12 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “commission.”, in line 258, the following paragraph:-
Beginning July 1, 2023, the normal monthly member-survivor allowance provided for under this option to a spouse of a deceased member shall not be less than $750 for members of the state teachers’ and state employees’ retirement system. The provisions of this paragraph shall take effect for the members of a retirement system of any other political subdivision by a majority vote of the board of such system and by the local legislative body. For the purpose of this paragraph, local legislative body shall mean a town meeting for a town system, the city council subject to the provisions of its charter for a city system, the county retirement board advisory council for a county system, the regional retirement board advisory council for a regional system, the district members for a district system and the governing body of an authority for an authority system. Acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred upon the filing of a certification of such vote with the commission.
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[{'Id': 'CFF0', 'Name': 'Cindy F. Friedman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CFF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-15T14:48:52.4533333'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-26T16:58:50.44'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-27T12:18:18.96'}, {'Id': 'MRP0', 'Name': 'Marc R. Pacheco', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRP0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-31T11:58:03.41'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-02T10:40:10.0366667'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-02T14:39:32.8733333'}, {'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-09T16:45:59.18'}, {'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-06T15:21:53.9233333'}]
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By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1679) of Cindy F. Friedman, Vanna Howard, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Marc R. Pacheco and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to Option (d) beneficiaries. Public Service.
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Section 12 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the paragraph, in lines 154 to 160, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
Option (d), Member Survivor Allowance. At any time a member, upon his written notice on a prescribed form filed with the board prior to his or her death, may nominate one or more eligible beneficiaries as set forth under option (c) of this section, who if such member dies before being retired shall receive a portion, as specified on said form, of the yearly amount of the option (c) allowance to which such member would have been entitled had his retirement taken place on the date of his death; provided that, in the event that multiple beneficiaries are nominated, the benefit will be calculated using the youngest beneficiary’s age at the time of the member’s death; provided further, that upon the death of a beneficiary, said beneficiary’s portion shall be divided evenly among surviving beneficiaries.
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An Act expanding hoisting examination opportunities for spanish language speakers
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 168) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to expand hoisting examination opportunities for spanish language speakers. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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Chapter 146 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 official edition, is hereby amended by striking out section 65 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 65. (a) Whoever desires to act as an operator of hoisting machinery shall apply to the division of occupational licensure for a license. If the criteria for licensure established by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure pursuant to section fifty-three are met by the applicant, such applicant shall be required to pass a written or practical examination, or both, in accordance with the standards set in regulations promulgated under the provisions of said section fifty-three. Any operator of hoisting machinery whose license is revoked, and any person who is penalized under the provisions of section fifty-four A, shall be required to pass both a written and practical examination before he may be issued a subsequent license. The passing of the applicable examination shall entitle the applicant to a license to operate hoisting machinery in the category or categories for which he has applied and been examined. Each license issued shall contain a photograph of the licensee.
(b) The division of occupational licensure shall make both written and practical examinations available in the languages of English and Spanish to operator of hoisting machinery applicants if the criteria for licensure established by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure pursuant to section fifty-three are met by the applicant.
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[{'Id': 'CFF0', 'Name': 'Cindy F. Friedman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CFF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-15T14:00:22.5'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-25T12:13:58.9533333'}, {'Id': 'DFD1', 'Name': 'David F. DeCoste', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DFD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T11:19:56.6733333'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T11:19:34.9666667'}, {'Id': 'ALD1', 'Name': "Angelo L. D'Emilia", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/ALD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T15:34:53.69'}, {'Id': 'PDJ0', 'Name': 'Patricia D. Jehlen', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PDJ0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-02T16:23:45.23'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-06T09:17:09.99'}, {'Id': 'PMO', 'Name': "Patrick M. O'Connor", 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PMO', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T16:44:50.17'}, {'Id': 'SND0', 'Name': 'Sal N. DiDomenico', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SND0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-09T16:45:51.3866667'}, {'Id': 'MJM2', 'Name': 'Mathew J. Muratore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MJM2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-24T10:25:02.94'}, {'Id': 'BET0', 'Name': 'Bruce E. Tarr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BET0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-27T14:15:18.72'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-07-11T09:35:43.0933333'}, {'Id': 'BRF0', 'Name': 'Barry R. Finegold', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-08-28T13:17:46.23'}, {'Id': 'A_G0', 'Name': 'Adam Gomez', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/A_G0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-10-17T15:46:52.46'}]
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By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1680) of Cindy F. Friedman, Jacob R. Oliveira, Steven George Xiarhos, David F. DeCoste and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to disability pensions for violent crimes. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Addition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “inclusive.”, in line 603, the following definition:-
“Violent act injury”, a serious and permanent personal bodily injury sustained as a direct and proximate result of a violent attack upon a person by means of a dangerous weapon, including, but not limited to, a firearm, knife, automobile, explosive device or other dangerous weapon.
SECTION 2. Section 7 of said chapter 32 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (1) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(1) Conditions for Allowance. — Any member in service classified in Group 1, Group 2 or Group 4, or any member in service classified in Group 3 to whom the provisions of subdivision (2) of section twenty-six are not applicable, who is deemed to be physically unable to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the member’s job and that such inability is likely or deemed to be permanent before attaining the maximum age for the member’s group by reason of a personal injury or violent act injury sustained or a hazard undergone as a result of, and while in the performance of the member’s duties at some definite place and at some definite time on or after the date of becoming a member or prior to such date while any provision of this chapter relating to noncontributory pensions was applicable to the member, without serious and willful misconduct on the member’s part, upon the member’s written application on a prescribed form filed with the board and the member’s respective employer or upon such an application by the head of the member’s department after a hearing, if requested, as provided for in subdivision (1) of section sixteen and subject to the conditions set forth in said section and in this section, shall be deemed retired for an accidental disability as of a date which shall be specified in such application and which shall be not less than fifteen days nor more than four months after the filing of such application but in no event later than the maximum age for the member’s group. Except as provided for in subdivision (3) of this section, no such retirement shall be allowed unless such injury or violent act injury was sustained or such hazard was undergone within two years prior to the filing of such application or, if occurring earlier, unless written notice thereof was filed with the board by such member or on the member's behalf within ninety days after its occurrence. No retirement under clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, shall be allowed unless the board, after a review of the evidence it deems appropriate, and after a review by the commission, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-one, and including in any event on examination by the regional medical panel provided for in subdivision (3) of section six and including a certification of such incapacity by a majority of the physicians on such medical panel, shall find that such member is physically unable to perform the essential duties of the member's job and that such inability is likely to be permanent, and that the member should be so retired. No retirement under clause (iv) shall be allowed unless the board, after a review of the evidence it deems appropriate, and after a review by the commission, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-one, and including in any event on examination by the regional medical panel provided for in subdivision (3) of section six and including a certification of such incapacity by a majority of the physicians on such medical panel, shall find that such member is physically unable to perform the essential duties of the member's job because of a violent act injury and that such inability is likely to be permanent, and that the member should be so retired. Any member who was injured while a member of a retirement system established in any governmental unit other than that by which the member is presently employed, and who has complied with the provisions of this section as to notice, or whose case falls under paragraph (3), shall file such application with the retirement board of the unit where he is presently employed. Such board shall secure a statement of facts and records, which it shall be the duty of the retirement board of the first governmental unit to furnish, and on which it shall be entitled to make recommendations.
Prior to the determination of a retirement under this section, a member shall submit to the retirement board a written statement authorizing release of information from the federal internal revenue service and the department of revenue relative to the annual gross earned income of the member in pursuant to an agreement between the federal internal revenue service, the department of revenue, and the public employee retirement administration commission in accordance with section ninety-one A.
SECTION 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of said section 7 of said chapter 32 is hereby amended by inserting after clause (iii) the following clause:-
(iv) A yearly amount of pension for any member classified as Group 4, paid monthly, equal to 100 per cent of the annual rate of their regular compensation, including all applicable benefits and stipends, that the member was earning on the date such injury was deemed a violent act injury, as defined in section 1 of this chapter. The yearly amount of pension payable to such member shall be equal to the annual rate of regular compensation which the member would have been paid had the member continued in service at the grade held by the member at the time of their retirement until their death or reaching mandatory retirement age, whichever comes first; provided that, if the member reaches the mandatory retirement age, the member shall be entitled thereafter to 80 per cent of the average annual rate of regular compensation paid to the member in the previous 12 months, including any cost of living increases, as defined in sections one hundred and two and one hundred and three of this chapter. Upon retirement, the member shall receive a lump sum payment from the applicable retirement board equal to the member’s total accumulated retirement deductions. In the event that the member shall predecease their spouse, the member’s spouse shall be entitled to 75 per cent of the member’s annual pension, paid monthly, as long as such spouse shall live; provided, that when the member would have reached the mandatory retirement age, the member’s spouse shall continue to be entitled to 75 per cent of the member’s annual pension, including any cost of living increases, as defined in sections 102 and 103 of this chapter, that the member would have received upon reaching the mandatory retirement age. In the event that the member and the member’s spouse predecease their children, the member’s surviving unmarried children, if any, who are under age 18 or, if over that age and under age 22, are full-time students at an accredited educational institution, or who was over said age and physically or mentally incapacitated from earning on the date of such member’s retirement, shall be entitled to receive a pension of equal proportion, paid monthly, which shall total 75 per cent of the amount of the pension payable to the member at the time of their death. The words “full-time student” and “accredited educational institutions” shall have the same meaning that they have under clause (iii). When a child no longer meets the qualifications for receipt of a pension allocation under this section, said child’s pension allocation shall cease and any remaining qualified children shall continue to receive the same amount each received before any child’s allocation ceased.
Any member eligible to receive a pension under clause (iv) shall be indemnified for all hospital, medical and other healthcare expenses, not otherwise covered by health insurance, related to treatment of injuries that have been or may be incurred after the date of the member’s retirement as a result of the injuries sustained by the member while in the performance of the member’s duties.
Nothing in this section or any other section of the general laws or regulations shall limit the member’s aforementioned retirement benefit or restrict the member from seeking accommodating employment by any entity or agency which is not classified under Groups 1-4, inclusive, of the retirement system.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a member under clause (iv), or such member’s eligible spouse or children, from receiving additional retirement benefits not required by this section.
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1681) of Anne M. Gobi, John C. Velis, Vanna Howard, Susannah M. Whipps and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Section 26 of chapter 31 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 106, the words "and ninety-four B" and inserting in place thereof the following words: ",ninety-four B and ninety-four C."
SECTION 2. Chapter 32 of the General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after section 94B the following section:-
Section 94C. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary affecting the non-contributory or contributory retirement system, any condition of impairment of health caused by Parkinson's Disease, resulting in total or partial disability or death to a uniformed member of a paid fire department, or a member of the state police assigned to the fire investigation unit of the department of fire services, or a member of the state police K9 unit, or 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 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Joint Base Cape Cod fire department, shall, if he successfully passed a physical examination on entry into such service or subsequent to such entry, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, be presumed to have been suffered in the line of duty, unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that non-service connected risk factors or non-service connected accidents or hazards undergone, or any combination thereof, caused such incapacity.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person serving in such positions for fewer than five years at the time that such condition is first discovered, or should have been discovered. Any person first discovering any such condition prior to or within five years from the date on which such person has reached the maximum retirement age shall be eligible to apply for benefits hereunder, and such benefits, if granted, shall be payable as of the date on which the employee last received regular compensation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person serving in such position unless such person shall first establish that he has regularly responded to calls of fire or their investigation at the scene during some portion of the period of his service in such position.
(3) Nothing herein shall preclude a member from applying for and receiving benefits under section seven or section nine, subject to the provisions of said sections.
SECTION 3. Section 100 of chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 79, the words "and ninety-four B" and inserting in place thereof the following words: ",ninety-four B and ninety-four C."
SECTION 4.Section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 34, the words "and 94B" and inserting in place thereof the following words: ",94B and 94C."
SECTION 5. The provisions of section two shall not be construed to affect the interpretation of the provisions of sections ninety-four, ninety-four A or ninety-four B of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws.
SECTION 6. The provisions of this act shall be effective in every retirement system established by or operating under the provisions of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws or under the similar provisions of any other general or special law, and for every governmental unit which is a member of such retirement system, notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-seven C of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws.
SECTION 7. The provisions of this act shall apply only to a person actively employed as a uniformed member of a paid fire department, or a member of the state police assigned to the fire investigation unit of the department of fire services, or a member of the state police K9 unit, or 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 104th fighter wing fire department or members of the Joint Base Cape Cod fire department on or after the date exactly 5 years prior to the date this law becomes effective.
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1682) of Anne M. Gobi for legislation relative to regional planning agencies. Public Service.
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The General Laws are hereby amended in Chapter 40B by inserting after Section 30 the following section:-
SECTION 31. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: --
“Agency”, shall mean the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments, the Old Colony Planning Council, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an agency that is a member of the state retirement system pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws shall be deemed to be or shall continue to be a member of the state retirement system.
(c) An agency shall not be required to annually reimburse the state board of retirement for its pro rata share of any retirement allowance or pension paid by said board during the preceding calendar year which is based on whole or in part on service with such district provided that each agency contributes the required accumulated deductions and interest to the annuity savings accounts of the agency.
(d) An agency shall not be held liable for any past due contributions.
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Hamilton', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RMH2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'JRO0', 'Name': 'Jacob R. Oliveira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JRO0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'CMM1', 'Name': 'Christopher M. Markey', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/CMM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'JPL1', 'Name': 'Jack Patrick Lewis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JPL1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'MDB0', 'Name': 'Michael D. Brady', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MDB0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'PWM0', 'Name': 'Paul W. Mark', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PWM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'G_C2', 'Name': 'Gerard J. Cassidy', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/G_C2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'JMC0', 'Name': 'Joanne M. Comerford', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JMC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-07T11:46:55.12'}, {'Id': 'JDM1', 'Name': 'Joseph D. McKenna', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JDM1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T09:20:10.6566667'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T09:20:10.6566667'}, {'Id': 'NMB1', 'Name': 'Natalie M. Blais', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/NMB1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T09:20:10.6566667'}, {'Id': 'JSC1', 'Name': 'Josh S. Cutler', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JSC1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T09:20:10.6566667'}, {'Id': 'SGX1', 'Name': 'Steven George Xiarhos', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SGX1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T09:20:10.6566667'}, {'Id': 'T_C1', 'Name': 'Tackey Chan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/T_C1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-14T09:20:10.6566667'}, {'Id': 'M_D2', 'Name': 'Mindy Domb', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/M_D2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-15T13:27:57.3466667'}, {'Id': 'JBE0', 'Name': 'James B. Eldridge', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JBE0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-15T15:22:19.61'}, {'Id': 'RME1', 'Name': 'Rodney M. Elliott', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RME1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-23T15:31:56.9466667'}, {'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-27T14:20:18.31'}, {'Id': 'BMA1', 'Name': 'Brian M. Ashe', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/BMA1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-07T11:14:17.44'}, {'Id': 'DRB1', 'Name': 'Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DRB1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-02T16:03:35.3566667'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-02T16:03:35.3566667'}, {'Id': 'MOM0', 'Name': 'Michael O. Moore', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MOM0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-17T09:35:08.9233333'}, {'Id': 'DTV1', 'Name': 'David T. Vieira', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DTV1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-20T10:12:30.4066667'}, {'Id': 'D_R1', 'Name': 'David Allen Robertson', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/D_R1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-21T09:16:32.4133333'}, {'Id': 'TMS2', 'Name': 'Todd M. Smola', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TMS2', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-21T16:11:15.0866667'}, {'Id': 'WFT0', 'Name': 'Walter F. Timilty', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/WFT0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-11T13:12:24.07'}, {'Id': 'DFD1', 'Name': 'David F. DeCoste', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/DFD1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-04-18T15:06:19.13'}, {'Id': 'JAC0', 'Name': 'Julian Cyr', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JAC0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-01T12:23:26.1433333'}, {'Id': 'N_C0', 'Name': 'Nick Collins', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/N_C0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-05-31T11:07:25.47'}]
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1683) of Anne M. Gobi, Vanna Howard, F. Jay Barrows, John J. Cronin and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to retirement classification of licensed drinking water operators. Public Service.
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Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws subsection (g) is hereby amended by including "drinking water operators licensed by the Board of Certification of Drinking Water Supply Facilities pursuant to Chapter 112, Section 87CCCC" in the Group 2 category.
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An Act relative to retirement buy back into the Massachusetts State Retirement system for Sherrie Stevens
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[{'Id': 'AMG0', 'Name': 'Anne M. Gobi', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMG0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T15:31:22.9033333'}]
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1684) of Anne M. Gobi for legislation relative to retirement buy back into the Massachusetts State Retirement system for Sherrie Stevens. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, to determine Sherrie Stevens’s retirement allowance pursuant to chapter 32 of the General Laws, the state retirement board shall credit Sherrie Stevens, an employee of the Westborough Public Schools district, with credible service for service she rendered to the Devereux School in Rutland during the period from April, 1986 through September, 2000.
SECTION 2. Eligibility for this creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment by Sherrie Stevens to the state retirement board, in a single sum or installments, of an amount equal to the contributions she would have paid to the state retirement board if she had been an active member during the time period specified in section 1, at the contribution rate when she joined the system plus actuarial assumed interest.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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[{'Id': 'AMG0', 'Name': 'Anne M. Gobi', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMG0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-10T15:49:11.07'}]
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1685) of Anne M. Gobi for legislation to allow Wayne Estes, a retired member of the Massachusetts DDS, an accidental disability retirement option. 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 affecting the noncontributory or contributory retirement system in the commonwealth, the Massachusetts Retirement System shall allow Wayne Estes, a retired member, the option to receive accidental disability retirement from any condition of impairment of health caused by severe physical and psychological harm accompanied by post-traumatic stress disorder resulting in total or partial disability and that such disability be presumed to have been suffered in the course of his employment. The retirement board shall pay Wayne Estes accidental disability retirement benefits as of the effective date of this act for the remainder of his retirement. Wayne Estes shall notify the board of his decision on the option granted by this act within 90 days of the effective date of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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[{'Id': 'AMG0', 'Name': 'Anne M. Gobi', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMG0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T11:16:00.04'}]
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1686) of Anne M. Gobi for legislation 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 providing killed in the line of duty benefits to Joanne Songy, surviving spouse of Detective John D. Songy, a police officer of the town of Rutland
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[{'Id': 'AMG0', 'Name': 'Anne M. Gobi', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMG0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T11:29:05.0933333'}]
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1687) of Anne M. Gobi (by vote of the town) for legislation to provide killed in the line duty benefits to Joanne Songy, surviving spouse of Detective John D. Songy, a police officer of the town of Rutland. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Worcester regional retirement board shall pay to Joanne Songy, surviving spouse of detective John D. Songy, a police officer in the town of Rutland who died from complications related to COVID-19, benefits pursuant to section 100 of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, however, that all amounts paid hereunder shall be non-taxable to the extent allowable under state law.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state board of retirement shall pay to Joanne Songy, surviving spouse of detective John D. Songy, a police officer in the town of Rutland who died from complications related to COVID-19, benefits pursuant to section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, however, that all amounts paid hereunder shall be non-taxable to the extent allowable under state law.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect as of May 29, 2020.
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[{'Id': 'AMG0', 'Name': 'Anne M. Gobi', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AMG0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T14:44:59.0633333'}]
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1688) of Anne M. Gobi for legislation to extend killed in line of duty benefits to those deceased as a result of COVID-19. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any uniformed member of a police department who was required to work during the state of emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease outbreak declared by the governor, lasting from March 10, 2020 until June 15, 2021, and required to report to a work location outside of their home, who contracted, had symptoms of or otherwise became infected with the COVID-19, that resulted in a period of hospitalization, quarantine, death, or required self-quarantined measures as a result of being infected or coming into contact with someone who is infected with this virus, shall have their medical condition or incapacity to work presumed to be work-related.
SECTION 2. Any employee of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions who was required to work during the state of emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease outbreak declared by the governor, lasting from March 10, 2020 until June 15, 2021, and required to report to a work location outside of their home and who died as a result of work-related COVID-19 shall be eligible for benefits under section 100 and 100A of Chapter 32 of the General Laws.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1689) of Anne M. Gobi and Deborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General for legislation relative to non-Commonwealth entities within the state employees’ retirement system. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (c) of sub-section 4 of section 28 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each district, non-commonwealth governmental unit, or educational collaborative as authorized by the provisions of section four E of chapter forty, the employees of which have become, or which become members of the state employees retirement system under the provisions of this subdivision or any other previous act, shall remit to the state board of retirement as the employer's normal cost as determined by the actuary, of benefits earned during each year by such employees who are members of the state employees' retirement system.
The actuary shall determine such cost as a percentage of the payroll of the district, non-commonwealth entity and collaborative for such employees based upon the most recent actuarial valuation of the state retirement system. The actuary may consider factors including types of governmental unit, employee demographic information, and employee group classification to help in the determination of said percentage. Said cost shall be paid monthly and deposited in the pension reserve fund of the state employees' retirement system. The actuary shall review the percentage determined in this paragraph at least every three years.
SECTION 2. Sub-section (4) of section 28 of chapter 32 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
(d) The state retirement board upon terms and conditions it may establish, may require a participating employer governed by this sub-section, who fails to remit either its normal cost amount as determined in paragraph (c), or the contributions made on behalf of employees who are members of the Massachusetts State Employees Retirement System as required by section 22 of Chapter 32, by the first day of the second month following the work month, to pay an additional amount equal to 10% of the total amount of delinquent contributions. The state retirement board shall have the right to commence an action in contract for payment of outstanding amounts determined to be due in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
SECTION 3. Reimbursements currently outstanding to the state retirement board under paragraph (c) of sub-section (4) of section 28 of chapter 32 for calendar years 2013, 2014, and 2015 shall not be required.
Reimbursements currently outstanding to the state retirement board under paragraph (c) of sub-section (4) of section 28 of chapter 32 for calendar years 2016, 2017 and 2018 shall be required and remitted under terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the board.
SECTION 4. For purposes of section 28 of chapter 32, “non-commonwealth governmental unit” shall mean an employer as defined in section one of chapter 32 whose employees are not employees of the commonwealth or an agency thereof, employed in a position in the service of the commonwealth, and whose regular compensation is not paid by the commonwealth, eligible for membership in the state employees retirement system and the requirements in connection therewith.
SECTION 5. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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[{'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-17T18:29:27.6966667'}, {'Id': 'TRE7', 'Name': 'Deborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/TRE7', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-19T21:36:51.04'}, {'Id': 'L_S1', 'Name': 'Lindsay N. Sabadosa', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/L_S1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-02-28T16:04:09.7066667'}, {'Id': 'RCF0', 'Name': 'Ryan C. Fattman', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RCF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-09-20T09:53:18.03'}]
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By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 169) of Paul R. Feeney, Deborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General and Lindsay N. Sabadosa for legislation to modernize lottery operations. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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SECTION 1. Section 31 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 3, after the words “any member or employee of the commission" the following words:- except as authorized by the director for investigative purposes,
SECTION 2. Section 27A of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 31 through 33, the words “in a newspaper of general circulation in the area including the municipality where said Keno licensee will operate” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- on the commission’s website
SECTION 3. Section 26 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “, provided, however that no person shall be assigned more than one license to sell lottery tickets or shares”.
SECTION 4. Section 27 of said chapter 10, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the sentence “No federal employee and no state, county or municipal employee, or member of the immediate family, as defined in section one of chapter two hundred sixty-eight A, shall sell or be issued a license to sell lottery tickets.” and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- No member or employee of the commission or any person residing in the same household in the principal place of abode of any member or employee of the commission, or legal entity that includes such a person as an officer, director, member, partner, owner, investor or an individual that has a financial interest in the entity unless said interest is in a publicly traded company by ownership of shares of less than ten percent of all issued stock, shall be issued a license to sell lottery tickets.
SECTION 5. Section 26 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The state treasurer shall, subject to the approval of the governor, appoint a director of the state lottery, hereinafter called the director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the state treasurer, shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office and to such official duties specified by the state treasurer, and shall receive such salary as the commission may determine.
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By Mr. Gomez, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1690) of Adam Gomez and Deborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General for legislation relative to require public pension fund divestment from ammunition and firearms. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. As used in this act the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-
“Ammunition”, ammunition as defined in section 121 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as amended by section 18 of the acts of 2017.
“Ammunition manufacturing company”, a company that derives more than 15 per cent of its revenues from the manufacture of ammunition offered for sale for non-law enforcement or non-military purposes.
“Ammunition retailing company”, a company that derives more than 15 per cent of its revenues from the sale of ammunition for non-law enforcement or non-military purposes.
“Board”, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board established in section 23 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.
“Company”, a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or other entity or business association, including all wholly-owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent companies or affiliates of such entities or business associations that exist for profit-making purposes.
“Direct holdings”, all securities of a company held directly by the public fund or in an account or fund in which the public fund owns all shares or interests.
"Firearm", an assault weapon, firearm, large capacity weapon, machine gun, rifle, sawed-off shotgun, or shotgun as defined by section 121 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as amended by section 18 of the acts of 2017.
“Firearm manufacturing company”, a company that derives more than 15 per cent of its revenues from the manufacture of firearms offered for sale for non-law enforcement or non-military purposes.
“Firearm retailing company”, a company that derives more than 15 per cent of its revenues from the sale of firearms for non-law enforcement or non-military purposes.
“Firearm Accessory”, a bump stock, large capacity feeding device, or trigger crank as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, as amended by section 18 of the acts of 2017.
“Firearm accessory manufacturing company”, a company that derives more than 15 per cent of its revenues from the manufacture of firearm accessories for sale for non-law enforcement or non-military purposes.
“Firearm accessory retailing company”, a company that derives more than 15 per cent of its revenues from the sale of firearm accessories for non-law enforcement or non-military purposes.
“Indirect holdings”, all securities of a company held in an account or fund, such as a mutual fund, managed by 1 or more persons not employed by the public fund, in which the public fund owns shares or interests together with other investors not subject to this act.
“Public fund”, the Pension Reserves Investment Trust or the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board charged with managing the pooled investment fund consisting of the assets of the state employees’ and teachers’ retirement systems as well as the assets of local retirement systems under the control of the board.
“Scrutinized company,” any ammunition, firearm or firearm accessory manufacturing or retailing companies.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, within 90 days of enactment, the public fund shall make its best efforts to facilitate the identification of all scrutinized companies in which the public fund has direct or indirect holdings. The identification of scrutinized companies shall be performed by an independent, third-party research firm selected by the public fund and based on the criteria set forth in this act.
By the first meeting of the public fund following the 90-day period, the public fund and shall assemble all scrutinized companies in which it has direct or indirect holdings into a scrutinized companies list. The public fund shall update the scrutinized companies list on a quarterly basis based on evolving information from the independent, third-party research firm.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, it shall be the settled policy of the public fund and of the board of the public fund not to invest in any ammunition, firearm or firearm accessory manufacturing or retailing companies. The public fund shall sell, redeem, divest or withdraw all publicly-traded securities of each company identified pursuant to section 2 of this act within 12 months after the company’s most recent appearance on the scrutinized companies list. This section shall not apply to indirect holdings in actively managed investment funds; provided, however, that the public fund shall submit letters to the managers of any such investment funds that contain companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act, requesting that they remove such companies from the investment fund or create a similar actively managed fund with indirect holdings devoid of such companies.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, with respect to actions taken in compliance with this act, the public fund shall be exempt from any conflicting statutory or common law obligation, including any such obligations with respect to choice of asset managers, investment funds or investments for the public fund’s securities portfolios and all good faith determinations regarding companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the public fund shall be permitted to cease divesting from companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act, to reinvest in companies identified pursuant to section 2 of this act, or to continue to invest in companies pursuant to section 2 of this act from which it has not yet divested upon clear and convincing evidence showing that the value for all assets under management by the public fund becomes equal to or less than 99.5 per cent (50 basis points) of the hypothetical value of all assets under management by the public fund assuming no divestment for any company had occurred under said subsection. Cessation of divestment, reinvestment or any subsequent ongoing investment authorized by this section shall be strictly limited to the minimum steps necessary to avoid the contingency set forth in the preceding sentence.
For any cessation of divestment, and in advance of any cessation of divestment authorized by this subsection, the public fund shall provide a written report to the attorney general, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public service, updated annually thereafter as applicable, setting forth the reasons and justification, supported by clear and convincing evidence, for its decisions to cease divestment, to reinvest or to remain invested in companies identified pursuant to section 2.
SECTION 6. Present, future and former board members of the public fund, jointly and individually, state officers and employees, and investment managers under contract with the public fund shall be indemnified from the General Fund and held harmless by the Commonwealth from all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, judgments, costs, charges and expenses, including court costs and attorney’s fees, and against all liability, losses, and damages of any nature whatsoever that these present, future, or former board members, officers, employees, or contract investment managers shall or may at any time sustain by reason of any decision to restrict, reduce, or eliminate investments in ammunition, firearm, or firearm accessory manufacturing or retailing companies.
SECTION 7. The public fund shall file a copy of the scrutinized companies list with the attorney general and with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives within 30 days after the list is prepared. Annually thereafter, the public fund shall file a report with the attorney general and with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, that includes: (i) the most recent scrutinized companies list; (ii) all investments sold, redeemed, divested or withdrawn in compliance with this act within the preceding year; and (iii) all investments prohibited by this act from which the public fund has not yet divested.
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[{'Id': 'PDJ0', 'Name': 'Patricia D. Jehlen', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PDJ0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-18T12:30:26.59'}, {'Id': 'RLR0', 'Name': 'Rebecca L. Rausch', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/RLR0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-23T09:22:09.49'}]
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By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1691) of Patricia D. Jehlen and Rebecca L. Rausch for legislation to protect gender pay equity. Public Service.
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SECTION 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of section 5 of chapter 32 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2018 official edition, is hereby amended in line 211 by adding after the word “law,” the following: “or adjusted from actions related to chapter 149, section 105A,” .
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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[{'Id': 'JFK0', 'Name': 'John F. Keenan', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JFK0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-11T14:32:06.12'}, {'Id': 'V_H1', 'Name': 'Vanna Howard', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/V_H1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-26T17:07:12.5466667'}, {'Id': 'SLG1', 'Name': 'Susannah M. Whipps', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/SLG1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-27T09:11:06.16'}, {'Id': 'AJP1', 'Name': 'Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/AJP1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-27T11:42:58.2666667'}, {'Id': 'JPL1', 'Name': 'Jack Patrick Lewis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JPL1', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T13:17:23.09'}, {'Id': 'MRP0', 'Name': 'Marc R. Pacheco', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/MRP0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-01-30T13:17:23.09'}, {'Id': 'PRF0', 'Name': 'Paul R. Feeney', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/PRF0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-03-03T11:48:41.41'}, {'Id': 'JCV0', 'Name': 'John C. Velis', 'Type': 1, 'Details': 'http://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/JCV0', 'ResponseDate': '2023-06-08T09:50:17.5266667'}]
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By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1692) of John F. Keenan, Vanna Howard, Susannah M. Whipps, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to residency requirements. Public Service.
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Section 99A of chapter 41 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 99A. Any member of the regular police or fire department and fire alarm division of a city or town appointed subsequent to August first, nineteen hundred and seventy eight who is not subject to chapter 31 shall reside within fifteen miles of the limits of said city or town. Said distance shall be measured from the closest border limits of said city or town in which said member is employed to the closest border limits of the city or town in which said member lives; provided, however, a city or town may increase the fifteen mile residency limit under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated in accordance with chapter 150E.
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