Bill Text: MA H2212 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: The revocation of licenses of any hotel, motel, resort, boarding house or inn to which law enforcement officers have been repeatedly called

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/9 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room B2 [H2212 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2212-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr.

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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 licensed residential properties.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr.

5th Norfolk

Jennifer M. Callahan

18th Worcester

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to licensed residential properties.



                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

            Chapter 140 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 12F the following section:-

Section 12G.  For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Crime” an act committed in the commonwealth which would constitute a crime if committed by a competent adult including any act which may result in an adjudication of delinquency.

“Law enforcement authority” any police department in the commonwealth or any of its political subdivision.

The licenses of any hotel, motel, resort, boarding house or inn licensed by a city or town where law enforcement authorities are required to respond to on more than 3 times in a calendar year for calls involving the commission of a crime may be revoked by the city or town.

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