Bill Text: MA H1720 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establish a penalty for assault upon sports officials
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/14 at 12:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium [H1720 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1720-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Angelo M. Scaccia
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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 assaults upon sports officials.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Angelo M. Scaccia |
14th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1718 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 assaults upon sports officials.
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.
Chapter 265 of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section 13D½ the following section: —
Section 13D½. Whoever commits an assault upon a sports official within the
confines or immediate vicinity of the athletic facility at which the athletic
contest in which said official officiated shall be punished by imprisonment for
not more than two and one-half years in a house of correction or by a fine of
not more than ten thousand dollars.