Bill > H2325

This bill amends Chapter 41 of the General Laws concerning police and firefighter residency requirements. Specifically, it modifies Section 99A, which dictates where members of regular police or fire departments, including the fire alarm division, appointed after August 1, 1978, must reside. The bill clarifies that these individuals must live within fifteen miles of the city or town limits where they are employed, with the distance measured from the closest borders of both the employing municipality and their place of residence. However, this fifteen-mile radius requirement can be superseded by a local ordinance, by-law, or collective bargaining agreement that mandates residency within the employing city or town, provided such local rules apply only to members appointed after the adoption of those specific rules.