Bill Text: MA S996 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regard uniform police identifications cards

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-22 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S996 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S996-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James E. Timilty

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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 regarding uniform police identifications cards.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
James E. Timilty	Bristol and Norfolk
George N. Peterson, Jr.	9th Worcester
William N. Brownsberger	24th Middlesex
Stephen M. Brewer	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex
Richard R. Tisei	Middlesex and Essex
Michael R. Knapik	Second Hampden and Hampshire
William Smitty Pignatelli	4th Berkshire
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.	12th Hampden
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera	10th Hampden
Steven J. D'Amico	4th Bristol
William C. Galvin	6th Norfolk
Karyn E. Polito	11th Worcester
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden
David B. Sullivan	6th Bristol
Jennifer L. Flanagan	Worcester and Middlesex
Geraldo Alicea	6th Worcester
Susan Williams Gifford	2nd Plymouth
James Dwyer	30th Middlesex
John V. Fernandes	10th Worcester
Michael Brady	9th Plymouth
Anne M. Gobi	5th Worcester
Richard J. Ross	9th Norfolk
Thomas M. McGee	Third Essex and Middlesex
Harold P. Naughton, Jr.	12th Worcester
Gale D. Candaras	First Hampden and Hampshire
Carolyn Dykema	8th Middlesex
Patricia A. Haddad	5th Bristol
Jonathan Hecht	29th Middlesex
Robert L. Rice, Jr.	2nd Worcester

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01346 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act regarding uniform police identifications cards.

                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 41, section 98D of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking the current section and inserting in its place the following section:

Each city or town, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police Department, shall issue to every full time police officer employed by it an identification card bearing the officer’s photograph and identity. The secretary of public safety shall have the authority to promulgate regulations relative to the issuance of identification cards to police officers.  Such card shall be carried on the officer’s person, and shall be exhibited upon lawful request for purposes of identification.

SECTION 2. Chapter 22C, section 19 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:

The secretary of public safety shall have the authority to promulgate regulations relative to the issuance of identification cards to state police officers.