Bill Text: MA S729 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to the penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-11 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S729 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S729-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan C. Tucker
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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 the penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01111 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the penalty for failure to provide workers'
compensation insurance.
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 25C of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 74 to 76, inclusive, the words “by a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 6 months nor more than 2˝ years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
