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MA Gen L ch 32 § 83a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 83a - Alternative Provisions for Retirement of Police in Cities

Section 83A. In cities, except Boston, which have accepted this section by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the city charter, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, shall retire from active service:  (a) Any member of the police department of such city who becomes permanently disabled, mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from further performing duty as such member.  (b) Any permanent member of said department who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously and becomes permanently incapacitated for further duty as such member before attaining the age of sixty.  (c) Any permanent member of said department, at his request, at any time after attaining the age of fifty-five and before attaining the age of sixty-five, if he has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously.  (d) Any permanent member of said department on attaining the age of sixty-five without any request on his part. No permanent member of said department shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of sixty-five.  Any member of said department retired under the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section shall receive an annual pension equal to seventy-two per cent of the highest annual rate of compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of his retirement. Any member of said department retired under the provisions of subdivision (b), (c) or (d) of this section shall receive an annual pension equal to sixty per cent of the highest annual rate of compensation received by him while holding the grade held by him at the time of retirement, if he has completed twenty years of service, and an additional amount equal to one per cent of said annual compensation for each year of service after the first twenty; provided, that the total amount of such pension shall in no case exceed seventy-two per cent of said annual compensation.  The board of police, or the mayors in cities having no such board, may in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service in the department as he may be fitted to perform and during such service he shall be entitled to be paid the difference between the rate of full pay for such employment and the rate of pension received by him.  No police officer or fireman whose employment began after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven shall be subject to the provisions of this section.  The provisions of section eighty-three, or of any special law authorizing the granting of non-contributory pensions to members of the police department thereof, shall no longer apply to any city which accepts this section.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 84 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 84 - Retirement of Injured Police Officers in Cities and Towns Having No Pension Systems

Section 84. In cities which, by vote of the city council, and in towns which, by vote of the inhabitants at an annual town meeting, accept this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and which have not established a system of pensions for the members of its police department, the board or officer having authority to make appointments to the police department shall retire from further service therein any member of said department whom the city or town physician and two other physicians certify to be permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, by injuries sustained in the actual performance of duty in the department. A member who is so retired shall annually receive as a pension one half the compensation received by him at his retirement.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85 - Pensions for Policemen and Firemen in Towns

Section 85. In any town which accepts this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds vote at an annual town meeting the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, or if there is no such board, the selectmen, shall retire from active service and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of the police department and any permanent member of the fire department of such town found by it or them to be permanently incapacitated, mentally or physically, for useful service in the department to which he belongs, by injuries received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty. Any permanent member of either of said departments who has performed faithful service therein for twenty-five years as aforesaid shall, at any time after attaining the age of sixty and before attaining the age of seventy, be retired at his request and shall, on attaining the age of seventy, be retired without any request on his part, and no other permanent member of either of said departments shall remain in service after he has attained or shall attain the age of seventy. If a permanent member of the police department of such a town was, prior to the establishment of a police department therein, employed in said town as a police officer by appointment under section ninety-six of chapter forty-one, the period of such appointment shall be counted as a part of his continuous service as a permanent member of its police department. Every person so retired shall annually receive from the town as a pension a sum equal to one half of the annual compensation received by him at his retirement. The selectmen may in an emergency call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service in the department from which he was retired as they may deem him fitted to perform, and during such service he shall be entitled to full pay.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85a - Retirement of Members of Fire and Police Department in Certain Towns

Section 85A. In any town which accepted this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, the provisions of section eighty-five or section eighty-five E, whichever is in force therein, relative to the retirement of permanent members of the fire department and police department for incapacity shall apply to call members of its fire department and to police officers appointed under section ninety-six of chapter forty-one, except that a person retired hereunder shall annually receive from the town a pension at such rate, not exceeding five hundred dollars a year, as the town may authorize.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85b - Retirement of Park Board Police of Cities and Towns

Section 85B. In any city or town having a police force serving in its park department and which has accepted this section, the appropriate retirement board, established under section twenty, or, if there is no such board in the case of a town, the selectmen, shall retire from active service and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of said police force found by it or them to be permanently incapacitated, mentally or physically, for useful service therein, by injuries received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty. Said board or officer may also retire and place upon the pension roll any permanent member of said police force who has performed faithful service therein for not less than twenty years continuously, and is not less than sixty years old, if, in its or his judgment, such member is permanently incapacitated for further service therein. If a permanent member of such a police force was, prior to his appointment thereto, employed in said city or town as a regular member of its police department, the period of such last-mentioned employment shall be counted as a part of his continuous service as a permanent member of said police force. Every person so retired shall annually receive from the city or town as a pension a sum equal to one half the amount of the annual compensation received by him at his retirement. Said board or officer may, in case of emergency, call upon any person so pensioned for such temporary service as a member of such police force as he may be fitted to perform, and during such service he shall be paid the difference between the rate of full pay for such employment and the rate of pension received by him.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85c - Policemen and Firemen Excepted From Law

Section 85C. No policeman or fireman whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-five B, inclusive, or any of them.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85d - Retirement of Call Members in Certain Towns

Section 85D. In any town which accepted this section prior to January first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, the provisions of section eighty-five or section eighty-five E, whichever is in force therein, relative to the retirement of permanent members of the fire department for incapacity shall apply to call members of its fire department, except that the pension of any call member retired hereunder shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the fire department, or, if there be no grades, the same as that of a permanent member of the fire department performing duties like those which he performed.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85f - Examination by Medical Panel Prerequisite to Disability Retirement

Section 85F. No police officer shall be retired for either accidental or ordinary disability under section sixty-nine, and no police officer or fireman shall be retired therefor under sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, or section eighty-five H, or any of them, unless he has first been examined by a medical panel consisting of three physicians, and unless a majority of the physicians on such medical panel shall, after such examination and after a review of all the pertinent facts in the case, certify in writing that such police officer or fireman is mentally or physically incapacitated for further duty and that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and, in any case involving a retirement for accidental disability, that the disability is such as might be the natural and proximate result of the accident or hazard undergone on account of which such retirement is so claimed. Such medical panel of three physicians shall be designated as provided in subsection (3)(a) of section six, except that the retiring authority shall act in place of the retirement board in the case of any police officer or fireman retired under the provisions of the aforesaid sections; and, provided further that the expense of any medical examination of any such police officer or fireman shall be paid from the same source from which his compensation was paid.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85g - Service Credit on Retirement of Former Reserve Officers

Section 85G. Any member of a police or fire department who is hereafter retired under the provisions of sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, and who was appointed a reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall, for the purposes of such retirement, be credited with the service actually rendered in any calendar year as such reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman as a part of his continuous service.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85h - Disability Retirement of Call or Volunteer Fire Fighters and Reserve Police Officers

Section 85H. The selectmen of a town and the prudential committee of a fire or water district may retire from active service any call fire fighter or reserve, special or intermittent police officer who becomes permanently disabled mentally or physically by injuries sustained through no fault of the person in the actual performance of duty as a fire fighter or police officer. A person so retired shall receive an annual pension equal to 2/3 of the annual rate of compensation payable to a regular or permanent member of the police or fire force, as the case may be, thereof for the first year of service therein and, if there are no permanent members of the police or fire force, an annual pension of $3000. If a call fire fighter or a member of a volunteer fire company in a town or a fire or water district whose service as such has been approved by the board of selectmen of the town or the prudential committee of a fire or water district or reserve or special or intermittent police officer of a town or a reserve police officer or reserve or call fire fighter of a city is disabled because of injury or incapacity sustained in the performance of the person's duty through no fault of the person and is thereby unable to perform the usual duties of the person's regular occupation at the time the injury or incapacity was incurred, the person shall receive from the city or town for the period of the injury or incapacity the amount of compensation payable to a permanent member of the police or fire force thereof, as the case may be, for the first year of service therein or, if there are no regular or permanent members of the police or fire force thereof, at the rate of $3000 per annum; provided, however, that no compensation shall be payable for any period after the police officer or fire fighter has been retired or pensioned in accordance with law or for any period after a physician designated by the board or officer authorized to appoint police officers or fire fighters in the city or town determines that the injury or incapacity no longer exists. All amounts payable under this section shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as, and for all purposes shall be considered to be, the regular compensation of the police officer or fire fighter. No city, town or fire or water district shall pay compensation under this section if insurance providing coverage for the compensation is in effect therefor under any general or special law, unless and until all rights under the insurance in favor of the city, town or fire or water district shall have been exercised, determined and satisfied.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85h1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85h1/2 - Disability Retirement Compensation in Cities, Towns or Fire Districts With No Permanent Police or Fire Department Members

Section 85H1/2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-five H or any other general or special law to the contrary, in any city, town or fire district which accepts the provisions of this section and in which there are no permanent members of a police or fire department, as the case may be, the selectmen of such town or the prudential committee of such fire district may retire from active service any call firefighter or any member of a volunteer fire company or reserve, special or intermittent police officer who becomes permanently mentally or physically disabled by injuries sustained, through no fault of his own, during the actual performance of duty as such firefighter or police officer. A person so retired shall receive an annual pension equal to two-thirds of the average annual salary of a first-year, regular, firefighter or police officer in the local area; such average to be determined by a survey of three surrounding towns, as determined by the public employee retirement administration commission. Whenever a call firefighter or member of a volunteer fire company in a town whose service as such had been approved by the prudential committee of the fire district or by the board of selectmen of such town, or a reserve, special or intermittent police officer of a town or a reserve police officer or reserve or call firefighter of a city is disabled because of injury or incapacity sustained in the performance of duty, through no fault of his own, and is thereby unable to perform the usual duties of his occupation at the time such injury or incapacity was incurred, such police officer or firefighter shall receive from the city or town, for the period of such injury or incapacity, a minimum annual allowance equal to the average annual salary of a first-year, regular firefighter or police officer in the local area, such average to be determined by a survey of three surrounding towns, as determined by the public employee retirement administration commission; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be payable for any period after such police officer or firefighter has been retired or pensioned or for any period after a physician designated by the board or officer authorized to appoint police officers or firefighters in such city or town determines that such incapacity no longer exists.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 85i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 85i - Creditable Service in Retirement of Certain Members

Section 85I. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-five G, any member of a police or fire department of a city or town which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided who is hereafter retired under the provisions of sections eighty to eighty-five F, inclusive, and who was appointed a reserve police officer or a reserve or call fireman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, may, for the purposes of such retirement, be accredited as a part of his continuous service such service as a reserve police officer or reserve or call fireman as the retiring authority shall determine.  This section shall take effect in a city having a Plan E charter when accepted by an affirmative vote of two thirds of the city council, and approved by the city manager; in the case of other cities by a two thirds vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; and in a town by a majority vote at the annual town meeting.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 88 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 88 - Pensions for Dependents of Persons Killed While Aiding Police Officers or Firefighters

Section 88. The selectmen of any town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a two thirds vote at an annual town meeting may pay to the widow of any person aiding a police officer in the discharge of his duty by the order or request of such officer or any of the authorities of the town, or to the widow of a person doing fire duty at the request or by the order of the authorities of the town, if it has no organized fire department, or of a person performing the duties of a fireman in such town, who dies from injuries received through no fault of his own in the actual performance of his duty, a pension not exceeding three hundred dollars a year while such widow remains unmarried, or, if there is no widow, a pension not exceeding said sum for the benefit of any of the children under sixteen of such deceased person while any such child is under the age of sixteen, and the selectmen of such town may determine the amount of such pension within said limits. No payments shall be made under this section on account of any death in respect to which compensation is payable under section eighty-nine.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 89c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 89c - Annuities to Widows of Employees of Cities and Towns Killed in Line of Duty

Section 89C. The widow of any employee of a city or town who was killed, or who died from injuries received, or died as the natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, and whose death occurred prior to the effective date of any law providing benefits to his widow, shall be paid an annuity in the amount of fifteen hundred dollars so long as she remains unmarried.  This section shall become effective in a city having a Plan E or Plan D charter when accepted by a majority of the members of the city council, and in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 89d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 89d - Annuities to Widows of Employees of Cities and Towns Killed in Line of Duty

Section 89D. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section the widow of any employee who was killed, or who died from injuries received, or died as the natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, and whose death occurred prior to the effective date of any law providing benefits to his widow, shall be paid an annuity in the amount of two thousand dollars so long as she remains unmarried.  The provisions of section eighty-nine C shall not apply to any city or town which accepts this section.
MA Gen L ch 32 § 90 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions|Chapter 32 - Retirement Systems and Pensions|Section 90 - Aged Police Officers Not Subject to Certain Laws

Section 90. No provision of sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of chapter thirty-one, or of section three of chapter two hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, shall apply in cities or towns in the case of members of police or fire departments whose services are terminated by retirement on pension or otherwise by reason of having attained age seventy.