Bill Text: MA H1368 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Concealing controlled substances in an automobile
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 12:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium [H1368 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1368-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Barry R. Finegold
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to concealing controlled substances in an automobile.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Barry R. Finegold |
17th Essex |
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John J. Binienda |
17th Worcester |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Linda Dorcena Forry |
12th Suffolk |
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Linda Dean Campbell |
15th Essex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to concealing controlled substances in an
automobile.
��������������� 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.� Chapter 94C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new section:-
Section 32 L.� Any person who knowingly or intentionally conceals a controlled substance in a sealed hidden compartment within an automobile shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in a state prison for no less than 2 � nor more than 15 years and by a fine of no less than $1000 and up to $10,000 dollars.� No sentence imposed under the provisions of this section shall be for less than a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 2 years.� In accordance with the provisions of section 8A of chapter 279, said sentence shall begin from and after the expiration of the sentence for a violation of sections 32, 32A-G and 32I-K.
