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Date Posted: 04/21/08 4:06pm
URGENT ALERT
GROUP 4 LEGISLATION ACTION NEEDED!!!!
House … 2765
By Mr. Toomey of Cambridge, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2765) of Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., and Robert L. Rice, Jr. relative to retirement benefits for certain employees of the Department of Correction. Public Service
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
Robert L. Rice, Jr.
In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
An Act to amend retirement benefits for certain employees of the department of corrections.
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. Group 4 paragraph (g) of sub-division 2 of section 3 of Chapter 32, as amended by section (1) of Chapter 71 of the acts of 1996, is hereby further amended, by inserting after the words “supervising prison camp officer,” the following words:— “correctional program officer I, II, III.”
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Greetings,
Now that the State Budget has been released from House Ways and Means the Committee can begin to take up other legislation pending in the Committee. President Cutting met with Chairman Deleo before the Bill was released to his Committee and the Executive Board will be attending a follow-up meeting with him shortly.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL MEMBERS HELP PUSH THE BILL IN ORDER TO GET IT RELEASED TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE!
IMMEDIATELY CALL; PREFERABLY WRITE AND EMAIL YOUR LEGISLATORS ASKING THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS BILL (H2765) AND REQUEST THAT IT BE RELEASED FROM WAYS & MEANS!
IT WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE AT THIS POINT , IF YOU CONTACTED THE MEMBERS OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE (LISTED BELOW) ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE YOUR LEGISLATORS.
DON’T STOP WITH JUST DOING THIS YOURSELF. ASK YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME.
BE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR DUTIES AND THE HAZARDOUS NATURE OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT! SEE LOBBY SHEET INCLUDED BELOW!!!!!
LEGISLATORS CONTACT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/">http://www.mass.gov/legis/</a> .
If you don’t know who your Representative is go to <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/">http://www.mass.gov/legis/</a> . You can find your reps. Name and contact info there by City/Town ; precinct etc.
The key members to contact are :
DeLeo of Winthrop **** Chair
St. Fleur of Boston **** Vice Chair
Vallee of Franklin **** Vice Chair
Ways and Means - Members appointed to the committee:
DeLeo of Winthrop **** Chair
St. Fleur of Boston **** Vice Chair
Vallee of Franklin **** Vice Chair
Speliotis of Danvers
Hynes of Marshfield
Kennedy of Brockton
Galvin of Canton
Kafka of Stoughton
Greene of Billerica
Quinn of Dartmouth
Kujawski of Webster
Garry of Dracut
Naughton of Clinton
Creedon of Brockton
Finegold of Andover
Wolf of Cambridge
Malia of Boston
Timilty of Milton
Linsky of Natick
Falzone of Saugus
Gobi of Spencer
Grant of Beverly
Lantigua of Lawrence
Koczera of New Bedford
Speranzo of Pittsfield
Moran of Boston
deMacedo of Plymouth
Polito of Shrewsbury
Evangelidis of Holden
Loscocco of Holliston
Perry of Sandwich
List of matters currently referred to the committee
House, No. 2765 -- Corrections department, -retirement.
H2765
An Act to amend retirement benefits
for certain employees of the department of corrections.
§ Presently, some 8000 Public Safety Officers who work in the Commonwealths Prisons and Houses of
Correction are classified in Group 4 of the States’ retirement System
ź Correctional Program Officers “C.P.O.s” (approximately 300) have been denied this same opportunity. Just under 40% of the Officers referred to in this Bill are women. Of the positions in the DOC Charged with care and Custody, CPOs have the highest number of Female Officers.
ź C.P.O.s provide security, inmate transportation, and supervision of inmate community work crews and are qualified for and sworn in as Special State Police Officers.
ź C.P.O.s provide non-therapeutic counseling, direct inmates towards program participation and provide care and custody at all levels of security.
ź C.P.O.s are Civil Service, Public Safety Officers who meet all the requirements of the Correction Officers and Deputy Sheriffs who are currently classified in Group 4. In fact C.P.O.s are the only position among those titles that require at minimum 2 years prior related experience or a Bachelors Degree as a requirement of hiring.
ź C.P.O.s attend the same Recruit Academy as all titles within the department who are currently classified in Group 4 of the retirement system.
ź C.P.O.s are the only group of employees within the Department of Correction who have Care and Custody who are not classified in Group 4 of the retirement system.
ź A PERAC study completed this year has noted that the financial impact to the Commonwealth of placing CPOs in Group 4 would be minimal
Legislators- If you have any questions regarding our legislation or would like to join us on a tour of our worksites please feel free to contact :
IBCO LOCAL R1-75 President Robert M. Cutting 508-328-9300.
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