Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Subsection (d) of section 7 of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "forty-one", in line 49, the following words:- or of a police commissioner or other head of a police or public safety department of a municipality.
This Bill having been returned by the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor with his objections thereto in writing (see Senate 2048) has been passed by the Senate, the objections of the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, two-thirds of the Senate (37 yeas to 0 nays) having agreed to the same.
Thomas F. Birmingham, President.
Edward B. O'Neill, Clerk.
Passed by the House of Representatives, notwithstanding the objections of the Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor, two-thirds of the members present (139 yeas to 7 nays) having approved the same.
Thomas M. Finneran, Speaker.
Robert E. MacQueen, Clerk.
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