The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James J. O'Day

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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 to create the crime of solicitation.

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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 to create the crime of solicitation.

                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 274 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended, by inserting, after section 3, the following section:

            SECTION 3A.       Whoever attempts to cause another to commit a crime, whether the crime is actually committed or not, shall be guilty of the crime of solicitation and shall be punished in the same manner as punishment for the crime of conspiracy contained in section 7 of this chapter.