Bill Text: MA H3389 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Impose a penalty for the removal of American flags and fire and police commemorative medallions from burial places
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-20 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday, June 9, 2010 [H3389 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3389-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 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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Stephen L. DiNatale |
3rd Worcester |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3716 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 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 1. Section 75 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word �, flags�.
SECTION 2. Said section 75 of said chapter 272, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:� No person shall remove an American Flag or Commemorative Flag Holder (or so-called medallions), commemorative flag holders representing service in the fire and police department, from any grave, tomb, monument or burial lot in any cemetery or other place of burial. A violation of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months.
