Bill Text: MA S1576 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Punish the failure to report certain fires
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1576 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1576-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Brewer
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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 punishing the failure to report certain fires.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Stephen M. Brewer |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act punishing the failure to report certain fires.
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 268 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section: -
Section 41. Whoever (1) starts, causes or maintains a fire or explosion, which fire or explosion endangers the life, physical safety or property of another, and (2) willfully fails to take reasonable measures (i) to extinguish or control the fire or explosion when he can do so without substantial risk to himself, or (ii) to notify those that he knows or has reason to know are endangered by the fire or explosion when he can do so without substantial risk to himself, or (iii) to notify promptly the police or fire department, shall be punished by not more than 2 years in the house of correction or a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
