Bill S.1050

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 366        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

SENATE  .   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1050

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Benjamin B. Downing

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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 further regulating the appointment of police officers.

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S02831 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act further regulating the appointment of police officers.


 

              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. S ection 58 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out in the last sentence the word “twenty-first” and inserting in place thereof the following word : - “nineteenth.” 

SECTION 2. Section 58 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, is hereby further amended by adding: - “No person shall be eligible for original appointment to the position of police officer in a ny city or town until that person has reached the age of twenty-one . ”