Bill Text: MA H1345 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The penalties imposed for falsely assuming to be a public official
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 12:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium [H1345 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1345-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James Dwyer
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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 Falsely Assuming to be a Public Official.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
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Charles A. Murphy |
21st Middlesex |
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John J. Binienda |
17th Worcester |
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Christopher G. Fallon |
33rd Middlesex |
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Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Walter F. Timilty |
7th Norfolk |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Falsely Assuming to be a Public Official.
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 33 of chapter 268 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 11 and 12, the words “ a fine of not more than four hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 ˝ years or by both such fine and imprisonment.
