The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Harold P. Naughton, 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 the bankruptcy relief and protection .

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PETITION OF:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to the bankruptcy relief and protection .

                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 235, Section 34 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by deleting paragraph sixteen and adding in place thereof the following –

“Sixteenth, in addition to the above listed, the Commonwealth shall adopt all current federal exemptions and limits as modified and updated in accordance with Federal 11 United States Code section 522(d)”