By Ms. Resor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 2208) of Pamela P. Resor and James B. Eldridge (by
vote of the town of Shirley) for legislation to authorize
the Middlesex Retirement Board to granta certain pension
to James Charles Mickel. Public Service. {Local approval
received.}
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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. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or rule to the contrary, the Middlesex Retirement Board is hereby authorized and directed to increase the accidental disability retirement allowance payable to James Charles Mickel, a retired police officer of the Town of Shirley who, as a result of injuries sustained by him while in the performance of his duties, is totally and permanently disabled from further service as a police officer. The annual amount of accidental disability retirement allowance payable to James Charles Mickel under the provisions of this act shall be fixed at an amount equal to the regular rate of compensation which he would have received had he continued in service as a police officer in the Town of Shirley at the grade held by him at the time of his retirement; provided, that such increased accidental disability retirement allowance shall terminate on January 1, 2014 (the first day of the month following James C. Mickel’s 65th birthday), at which time his accidental disability retirement allowance shall revert to an amount equal to 80 percent of the 3-year average annual rate of compensation paid in the previous 36 months, or upon his death, whichever first occurs. Said accidental disability retirement allowance shall be subject to the provisions of section 91A of chapter 32 of the general laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
