Bill Text: MA S1219 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Further regulate pensions of police and fire dispatchers and emergency medical services
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/4 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [S1219 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1219-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven A. Tolman
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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 further regulating pensions of police and fire dispatchers and emergency medical services .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Steven A. Tolman |
Second Suffolk and Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01662 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act further regulating pensions of police and fire dispatchers
and emergency medical services .
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION1.
Section 20 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after section (5) (l) the following:
(m) Upon receiving a petition signed by a majority of the public safety dispatchers in a municipality so requesting, the Retirement Board shall direct the System’s actuary to determine the actuarial cost of designating said public safety dispatchers as fire or police signal operators or signal maintenance repairmen within Retirement Group 2, as specified in Chapter 32, Section 3. The most recent actuarial valuation of the Retirement System shall be used as the basis of the actuarial calculation. For purposes of this section, “public safety dispatchers” shall be defined as any civilian, not functioning in the capacity of a sworn police officers, who is dispatching police officers and/or fire fighters.
