HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 312 FILED ON: 1/9/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1249
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Willie Mae Allen
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To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to False Criminal Complaints.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Willie Mae Allen
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6th Suffolk
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Carlo P. Basile
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1st Suffolk
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Cleon H. Turner
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1st Barnstable
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Paul McMurtry
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11th Norfolk
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Martin J. Walsh
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13th Suffolk
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1296 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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AN ACT RELATIVE TO FALSE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 218 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 38 the following section:—
Section 38A. Any person found to have deliberately brought a false charge in seeking a criminal complaint shall make restitution to the person accused for any costs, lost wages and attorneys’ fees and may be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.