Bill Text: MA S1065 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: For legislation relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-20 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S1065 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1065-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anthony D. Galluccio

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Anthony D. Galluccio	Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex
Thomas M. McGee	Third Essex and Middlesex
Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex
James E. Timilty	Bristol and Norfolk
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.	26th Middlesex
Theodore C. Speliotis	13th Essex
Allen J. McCarthy	7th Plymouth
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera	10th Hampden
Richard J. Ross	9th Norfolk
Kathi-Anne Reinstein	16th Suffolk

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S02560 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

            SECTION 1. Section 58A of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the section in its entirety and inserting in its place thereof the following section:-

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, in any city, town or district that accepts this section, no person shall be eligible to have his name certified for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer if such person has reached his thirty-second birthday on the date of the entrance examination.

Notwithstanding the first sentence, a veteran who has not exceeded the maximum age set

forth in 10 U.S.C. 505(a) for original enlistment in the Armed Forces of the United States

shall be exempt from the age restriction imposed by this section.