Bill Text: MA H2285 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial fund
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-18 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H2285 Detail]
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Walter F. Timilty
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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 establishing the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial fund.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Walter F. Timilty |
7th Norfolk |
Bruce J. Ayers |
1st Norfolk |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
12th Hampden |
Geraldo Alicea |
6th Worcester |
Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 63 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing the Massachusetts law enforcement memorial
fund.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 35BB the following section:–
Section 35CC. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be know as the Massachusetts Laws Enforcement Memorial Fund to be used without appropriation by a department of public safety for the purpose of making annual payments to the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial to memorialize and honor Massachusetts law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty. There shall be credited to the fund revenues received by the commonwealth from the sale of registration plates under section 2G of chapter 90.