Bill Text: MA H2218 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Community leadership, neighborhood-revitalization and urban-violence protection
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-11-19 - See H04359 [H2218 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2218-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Barry R. Finegold
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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:
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, NEIGHBORHOOD-REVITALIZATION AND URBAN-VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 2009.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Barry R. Finegold |
17th Essex |
Attorney General Martha Coakley |
|
James E. Timilty |
Bristol and Norfolk |
Kevin G. Honan |
17th Suffolk |
Katherine Clark |
32nd Middlesex |
Vincent A. Pedone |
15th Worcester |
Robert M. Koczera |
11th Bristol |
Michael F. Kane |
5th Hampden |
Paul J. Donato |
35th Middlesex |
Carlo P. Basile |
1st Suffolk |
John D. Keenan |
7th Essex |
Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
Jennifer Benson |
37th Middlesex |
Elizabeth A. Malia |
11th Suffolk |
Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
Mark C. Montigny |
Second Bristol and Plymouth |
Geraldo Alicea |
6th Worcester |
William N. Brownsberger |
24th Middlesex |
Brian P. Wallace |
4th Suffolk |
Christopher J. Donelan |
2nd Franklin |
Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
James Arciero |
2nd Middlesex |
John J. Binienda |
17th Worcester |
Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
Robert L. Rice, Jr. |
2nd Worcester |
Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
Robert F. Fennell |
10th Essex |
Jay R. Kaufman |
15th Middlesex |
Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
Allen J. McCarthy |
7th Plymouth |
Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
Marc R. Pacheco |
First Plymouth and Bristol |
Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
Linda Dean Campbell |
15th Essex |
Garrett J. Bradley |
3rd Plymouth |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, NEIGHBORHOOD-REVITALIZATION AND
URBAN-VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT OF 2009.
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the attorney general shall establish a two year pilot program to implement a state “Massachusetts abandoned property registry”, hereinafter referred to as MAP. Such registry shall require all property owners, including lenders, trustees, and service companies, to properly register and maintain vacant and/or foreclosing properties located in the state.
The attorney general shall have enforcement authority of the pilot program, and shall establish rules governing the implementation and administration of the MAP pilot program.
The MAP pilot program shall be implemented 120 days after passage, and shall expire two years thereafter.
SECTION 2. Section 18 ¾ of chapter 6A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after subsection (9) the following:-
(10) to develop and implement, in conjunction with the criminal history systems board and the department of public safety, an electronic registration and licensing system for recording, updating and communicating among criminal justice agencies of the executive office, the attorney general, municipal officials, municipal police departments, and district attorneys, all purchasing information of “junk dealers” and “pawnbrokers” deemed required by the secretary.