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H5331 • 2025

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Sponsor
Walsh, Thomas P.
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
Text of an amendment, see S1859
Effective date
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What This Bill Does

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  • Walsh of Peabody, as new text for the Senate Bill providing for the retirement of Walter L.
  • Guertin, a former member of the fire department in the city of Attleboro (Senate, No.
  • 1859, amended).

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-02 House

    Text of an amendment, see S1859

Official Summary Text

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Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, as new text for the Senate Bill providing for the retirement of Walter L. Guertin, a former member of the fire department in the city of Attleboro (Senate, No. 1859, amended). April 2, 2026.

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Bill H.5331

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision (2) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, Walter L. Guertin, a former member of the fire department in the city of Attleboro, shall receive a retirement allowance based upon the 32 years of creditable service calculated by the Attleboro retirement board as of the date of his retirement, November 17, 2017, subject to section 103 of said chapter 32.

SECTION 2. The Attleboro retirement board shall pay to Walter Guertin any amounts owed between the date of retirement and the passage of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect as of November 17, 2017.

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