Bill Text: MA S1486 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to interference with water company meters
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-26 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [S1486 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1486-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Eldridge
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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 Tampering with Water Company Meters.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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David M. Nangle |
17th Middlesex |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Christopher J. Donelan |
2nd Franklin |
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John F. Quinn |
9th Bristol |
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James Arciero |
2nd Middlesex |
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Thomas A. Golden, Jr. |
16th Middlesex |
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John J. Binienda |
17th Worcester |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Alice Hanlon Peisch |
14th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Tampering with Water Company Meters.
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 11 of Chapter 165 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the words “not more than one hundred dollars” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-- “triple the amount of damages sustained thereby or one thousand dollars, whichever is greater” and by adding at the end of thereof the following new sentence:- “ Damages shall include the value of the water used and the cost of labor and equipment repair and replacement.”
