HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1397 FILED ON: 1/6/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1269
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce J. Ayers
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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 establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage t
o burial tombs and grave markers.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Bruce J. Ayers
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1st Norfolk
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1310 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the
Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs and grave markers.
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.
Section 73 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “not”, as appearing in line 12, the following new text:—“less than
one thousand dollars and not”.
SECTION 2. Section 73 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following text:—
“The sentence imposed under this section shall not be
reduced to less than 6 months, nor suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole or furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct until he shall have served no less than 6 months of su
ch sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file. The provisions of section 87-seven of chapter 276 shall not apply to a person charged with a violation of this section.”
