HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1001 FILED ON: 1/15/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1501
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christopher M. Markey
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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 to require only justices to conduct bail hearings on certain arrested persons with multiple pending felony charges .
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Christopher M. Markey | 9th Bristol |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1001 FILED ON: 1/15/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1501
By Mr. Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1501) of Christopher M. Markey for legislation to require only justices to conduct bail hearings on certain arrested persons with multiple pending felony charges. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 2242 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act to require only justices to conduct bail hearings on certain arrested persons with multiple pending felony charges .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
To amend paragraph two of section fifty seven of chapter for two hundred and seventy six after the words “in effect against said person” and before the words “shall not be released out of court by a clerk of courts, clerk of a district court, bail commissioner or master in chancery”’ add the following:
“A person arrested for a felony, with two or more separate pending felony complaints in any district court or district courts in the Commonwealth or one felony pending in any Superior Court in the Commonwealth at the time of the arrest”
