Bill Text: MA H1614 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: The penalty for manslaughter

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-07-31 - Enacted [H1614 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1614-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Eugene L. O'Flaherty

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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 manslaughter.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Eugene L. O'Flaherty	2nd Suffolk
Attorney General Martha Coakley

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to manslaughter.

                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 13 of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

“A corporation committing manslaughter shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”