Bill Text: MA S1797 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: For legislation relative to conditions of release for persons admitted to bail

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1797 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1797-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Stanley C. Rosenberg (BY REQUEST)

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to conditions of release for persons admitted to bail.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
William A. Norris	351 Pleasant Street #4 Northampton, MA 01060

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01005 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 conditions of release for persons admitted to bail.

��������������� 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 58 of chapter 276 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 35 to 39, the following sentence:-� The person authorized to admit the person to bail shall provide as an explicit condition of release for any person admitted to bail pursuant to this section or section fifty-seven that, should said person be charged with a crime during the period of his release, his bail may be revoked in accordance with the third paragraph of this section.

SECTION 2.� Said section 58 of said chapter 276, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 60, the word �The� and inserting in place thereof the following words:-�� If the court determines, after hearing, that such person poses a risk of serious danger to any person in the community, the�