Bill Text: MA S1795 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Include machetes under the dangerous weapon law

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1795 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1795-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anthony W. Petruccelli

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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 including "machetes" under the dangerous weapon law. 

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Anthony W. Petruccelli	First Suffolk and Middlesex
Carlo P. Basile	1st Suffolk

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act including "machetes" under the dangerous weapon law. 

                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 10 of chapter 269 of the General Laws is hereby amended, in subparagraph (b), by inserting after the word “vehicle”, in the first sentence, the following words: - a machete, or