SENATE DOCKET, NO. 936 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 762
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 personal recognizance..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Eileen M. Donoghue |
[District]
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Thomas A. Golden, Jr. | 16th Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 936 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 762
By Ms. Donoghue, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 762) of Eileen M. Donoghue and Thomas A. Golden, Jr. for legislation relative to personal recognizance. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to personal recognizance..
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 58 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no person who has been previously convicted, without having that conviction vacated, of an offense involving the use or possession of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, sawed-off shotgun, large capacity weapon or assault weapon as defined in section 121 of chapter 140 or a covert weapon as defined in section 131N of chapter 140, shall be eligible for release on personal recognizance without surety.
