Bill Text: MA H229 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require the permitting of certain door-to-door sales
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/23 at 10:00 AM in Room 437 [H229 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H229-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Garrett J. Bradley
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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 further regulating door to door sales.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Garrett J. Bradley |
3rd Plymouth |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 207 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act further regulating door to door sales.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
The chief of police or other designated official shall establish a procedure that will allow residents to notify him that they do not wish to have any sales agents, sales group or sales supervisors to call upon their premises selling goods or periodicals. Before a sales agent, sales group or sales supervisors shall commence selling goods and periodicals door to door, they shall notify the chief of police or other designated official who shall give them a list of persons and premises who do not want to be called upon by them and they shall comply with such request. A violation of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 ½ years or both.
