An Act relative to the retirement benefits of Virginia E. Cummings

This bill (HD 748) provides specific retirement benefits to Virginia E. Cummings, a Bourne correction officer permanently disabled after being injured by an inmate in 2009. It directs the State Board of Retirement to grant her a disability pension equal to 72% of her pre-retirement salary as a Correction Officer III, effective from her planned retirement date (April 21, 2016). Additionally, if she dies, her husband John Cummings would receive 75% of her pension as a survivor annuity, provided he remains unmarried. The bill is a targeted exception to standard retirement rules for this individual case, not a general policy change.