SENATE, No. 2836

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Eight.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE MELROSE POLICE RELIEF CORPORATION.

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.  The Melrose Police Relief Corporation, a corporation duly established under the laws of the commonwealth, may adopt a by-law requiring that notices of the corporation’s meetings be posted in the guard room and transmitted to regular members through the Melrose Police Department e-mail system, and that all members be notified at least 10 days (240 hours) in advance of all meetings of the corporation.

SECTION 2.  The Melrose Police Relief Corporation may adopt a by-law allowing for the alteration or amendment of its by-laws.  Alterations or amendments shall be allowed only after a motion in writing, setting forth the proposed alteration or amendment, has been presented and read at a regular meeting, laid on the table for one month, and subsequently adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at the next regular or special meeting of the corporation.

SECTION 3.  The Melrose Police Relief Corporation may adopt a by-law further clarifying the member retirement benefit established under Chapter 540 of the Acts of 1991, as most recently amended by Chapter 318 of the Acts of 2000, to require that a member in good standing serve his or her last 10 years of service, prior to retirement, as a member of the Melrose Police Department to be eligible for the retirement benefit.  Members of the Melrose Police Department who retire due to a disability shall not be required to meet the 10-year requirement.  In the event a member in good standing dies while serving as an active member of the Melrose Police Department, the retirement benefit shall be paid to the beneficiary of his or her choosing, provided that the beneficiary has been designated in writing with the secretary of the corporation.