Bill Text: MA S640 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to ilegal immigrants and publicly subsidized J28.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 4/28 at 10:30 AM in Hearing Room B2 [S640 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S640-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Hedlund
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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 ilegal immigrants and publiclysubsidized housing.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Mr. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Richard R. Tisei |
Middlesex and Essex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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F. Jay Barrows |
1st Bristol |
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James Cantwell |
4th Plymouth |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Thomas J. Calter |
12th Plymouth |
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00759 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 ilegal immigrants and publiclysubsidized
housing.
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 32 of chapter 121B of the General Laws,
as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the
following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, an
applicant for assisted housing under this chapter who is not eligible for
federal assisted housing under 42 U.S.C. section 1436a, and who is not a person
residing in the United States as defined in regulations of the federal Department
of Health and Human Services, shall not displace or be given priority over any
applicant who is so eligible.”
