Bill Text: MA S1013 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Provide the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-07-26 - Read; and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [S1013 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1013-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen M. Brewer
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to providing the next of kin of a state police officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Stephen M. Brewer |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Robert L. Rice, Jr. |
2nd Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to providing the next of kin of a state police
officer killed in the line of duty with a flag during the memorial service.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 89 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the last paragraph of this section the following:-
If a member of the State Police is killed, or dies from injuries received, or dies as a natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, their next of kin will receive a flag of the commonwealth during the memorial service.
