Bill Text: MA H1458 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Increase the penalties for violations of the ethics and lobbying laws of the Commonwealth
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 12:00 AM in Gardner Auditorium [H1458 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1458-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 increasing the penalties for ethics and lobbying violations.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo |
1st Plymouth |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
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Susan Williams Gifford |
2nd Plymouth |
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Bradford R. Hill |
4th Essex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Robert S. Hargraves |
1st Middlesex |
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Daniel K. Webster |
6th Plymouth |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to increasing the penalties for ethics and lobbying
violations.
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 48 of chapter 3 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the words “a fine of not less than one hundred, nor more than five thousand dollars" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- a fine of not less than $1,000, nor more than $10,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years, or in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 ˝ years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. Section 2 of chapter 268A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 46 to 49, the words "five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail or house of
correction for not more than two and one half years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in a jail or house of correction" and inserting in place thereof the following
words:- $100,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or in
a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 1/2 years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
SECTION 3. Subsection (a) of section 6 of chapter 268A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 7 and 8, the words “not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- not more than $25,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.
SECTION 4. Subsection (j) of section 4 of chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 73 and 74, the words "two thousand dollars " and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $10,000.
