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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 289 FILED ON: 1/12/2009 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1486
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ PRESENTED BY: James B. Eldridge _______________
To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill: An Act Relative to Tampering with Water Company Meters. _________ ______ PETITION OF:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________ In the Year Two Thousand and Nine _______________
An Act Relative to
Tampering
with Water Company Meters.
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 11 of Chapter 165 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words “not more than one hundred dollars” and inserting in place thereof the following words :-- “triple the amount of damages sustained thereby or one thousand dollars, whichever is g reater” and by adding at the end of thereof the following new sentence:- “ Damages shall include the value of the water used and the cost of labor and equipment repair and replacement.” |