Bill Text: MA S1641 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1641 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1641-Introduced.html

---

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

^{_______________}

PRESENTED BY:

Cynthia Stone Creem

^{_______________}

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 to clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check.

^{_______________}

PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Cynthia Stone Creem	First Middlesex and Norfolk

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00850 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

^{_______________}

In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

^{_______________}

An Act to clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check.

                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 277 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 62B the following section:-

            Section 62C.  The crime set forth in section 37 of chapter 266 may be prosecuted and punished in any judicial district where the check, draft or order for the payment of money was executed or delivered, or where the money or property or services obtained thereby were delivered.