Bill Text: MA H3388 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Impose a penalty for the removal of commemorative flag holders from graves of veterans and police and fire personnel
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-20 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday, June 9, 2010 [H3388 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3388-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kathi-Anne Reinstein
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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 removal of veterans, police and fire, commemorative flag holders.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3715 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the removal of veterans, police and fire,
commemorative flag holders.
��������������� Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
����������� Section 73 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words �veteran�s grave marker or metal plaque or flag� and inserting in place thereof the following words: � American flag, veteran�s grave marker, metal plaque, veteran�s commemorative flag holder, commemorative flag holder representing service in both the police and fire department.
