SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1742 FILED ON: 1/18/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 723
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Eileen M. Donoghue
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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 municipal impact statements.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Eileen M. Donoghue | First Middlesex |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1742 FILED ON: 1/18/2013
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 723
By Ms. Donoghue, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 723) of Eileen M. Donoghue and Colleen M. Garry for legislation relative to municipal impact statements. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to municipal impact statements.
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, section 3 of chapter 258B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (v), the following;-
(w) for municipalities, to be heard through an oral and written impact statement at sentencing or the disposition of the case against the defendant about the effects of the crime on the municipality and as to a recommended sentence, and to be heard at any other time deemed appropriate by the court. The municipality also has a right to submit the impact statement to the parole board for inclusion in its records regarding the perpetrator of the crime.
