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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1388 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bruce J. Ayers |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs |
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| 13 | 13 | | and grave markers. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/18/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1132 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1388 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1388) of Bruce |
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| 20 | 20 | | J. Ayers that provision be made for a minimum mandatory sentence for the willful destruction of |
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| 21 | 21 | | burial tombs and grave markers. The Judiciary. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1456 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs |
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| 30 | 30 | | and grave markers. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 73 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2inserting after the word “not”, as appearing in line 12, the following new text:—“less than one |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3thousand dollars and not”. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 73 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5adding at the end thereof the following text:— |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 “The sentence imposed under this section shall not be reduced to less than 6 months, nor |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct until he shall have served |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9no less than 6 months of such sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall neither 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10be continued without a finding nor placed on file. The provisions of section 87-seven of chapter |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11276 shall not apply to a person charged with a violation of this section.” |
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