Bill Text: MA S1548 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Further protect victims from sexually dangerous persons
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1548 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1548-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Baddour, Steven (SEN)
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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 PROTECTING VICTIMS FROM SEXUALLY DANGEROUS PERSONS
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Baddour, Steven (SEN) |
First Essex |
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Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone, Jr. |
Middlesex District Attorney's Office
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Steven C. Panagiotakos |
First Middlsex |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Colleen M. Garry |
36th Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Marc R. Pacheco |
First Plymouth and Bristol |
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Peter J. Koutoujian |
10th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act FURTHER PROTECTING VICTIMS FROM SEXUALLY DANGEROUS PERSONS.
Whereas, The deferred operation for this act would
tend to defeat its purpose, which is forthwith to make , therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
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 123A: SECTION 14. of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking in line one of section 14 "The district attorney or the attorney general at the request of the district attorney may petition the court for a trial which shall be by jury unless affirmatively waived by the person named in the petition" and inserting in line 1, "In any trial held pursuant to the provisions of this section, either the person named in the petition or the petitioning party may demand that the case be tried to a jury, and upon such demand, which shall be made in writing, the case shall be tried to a jury."
