HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2940 FILED ON: 1/12/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 656
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Robert M. Koczera
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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 Relative to Filling a Temporary Vaca
n
cy in the United Stat
e Senate.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Robert M. Koczera
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11th Bristol
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Filling a Temporary Vacancy in the
United State Senate.
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 140 of Chapter 54 of the General Laws, as appearing in 2006 Official Edition,
is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (e), the following new subsection:
(f) The Governor shall appoint an interim Senator to a senate vacancy after the deadline for qualifying as a candidate in the special senate election has passed, provided
the appointee is not a candidate in said special senate election. The appointed senator shall serve until a successor is duly elected.
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