Bill Text: MA S1586 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Punish possession of marijuana in a vehicle
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/29 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room B1 [S1586 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1586-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Brown, Scott (SEN)
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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 possession of marijuana in a vehicle
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Brown, Scott (SEN) |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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F. Jay Barrows |
1st Bristol |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act punishing possession of marijuana in a vehicle.
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. Section 24I of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following subsection:-
(e) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, whoever, upon any way or in any place to which the public has a right of access, or upon any way or in any place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees, possesses any amount of marihuana in the passenger area of any motor vehicle shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000. The court shall report any conviction or adjudication of delinquency by reason of a violation of this section to the registrar who shall suspend such defendant’s or juvenile’s license or right to operate for a period not to exceed 90 days.
SECTION 2. Said section 24I of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “beverage”, in line 25, the following words:- or any amount of marihuana.
