HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 283 FILED ON: 1/9/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1660
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner and Sarah K. Peake
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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:
An Act relative to the safety of children in camps.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Cleon H. Turner | 1st Barnstable |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
Brian A. Joyce | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
Barry R. Finegold | Second Essex and Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 283 FILED ON: 1/9/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1660
By Representatives Turner of Dennis and Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1660) of Cleon H. Turner and others for legislation to prohibit sex offenders from employment or volunteer status at camps for children. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 2272 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to the safety of children in camps.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a candidate for employment or volunteer status at a camp for children shall be disqualified if the sex offender registry board, pursuant to section 178K(2) of chapter 6 of the General Laws, has given the candidate a level 1 designation under said section 178K(2)(a), a level 2 designation under said section 178K(2)(b), or a level 3 designation under said section 178(K)(2)(c).
