Bill Text: MA S1697 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to police pursuits in the commonwealth
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1697 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1697-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Ms. Flanagan
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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 Relative to Police Pursuits in the Commonwealth.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Ms. Flanagan |
Worcester and Middlesex |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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Stephen L. DiNatale |
3rd Worcester |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera |
10th Hampden |
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Stephen M. Brewer |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin |
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Richard R. Tisei |
Middlesex and Essex |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Karyn E. Polito |
11th Worcester |
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Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
12th Hampden |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Geraldo Alicea |
6th Worcester |
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John V. Fernandes |
10th Worcester |
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Susan Williams Gifford |
2nd Plymouth |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Michael Brady |
9th Plymouth |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Robert M. Koczera |
11th Bristol |
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Jonathan Hecht |
29th Middlesex |
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Patricia A. Haddad |
5th Bristol |
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Harold P. Naughton, Jr. |
12th Worcester |
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Peter J. Koutoujian |
10th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Police Pursuits in the Commonwealth. .
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 25 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition by adding to the end of said section 25 the following:— Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, when being pursued by a police officer in an official police vehicle displaying lights and siren, shall refuse or neglect to stop, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in State Prison for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
