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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3345 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1423 |
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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 | | Tackey Chan |
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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 relative to leaving the scene of a collision. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/20/2023Timothy CruzMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 16 | 16 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 17 | 17 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1/20/2023Timothy ShugrueMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 19 | 19 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 20 | 20 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1/20/2023Paul TuckerMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 22 | 22 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 23 | 23 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1/20/2023Michael MorrisseyMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 25 | 25 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 26 | 26 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1/20/2023David SullivanMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 28 | 28 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 29 | 29 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1/20/2023Joseph EarlyMassachusetts District Attorneys |
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| 31 | 31 | | Association, 1 Bulfinch Place, Suite |
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| 32 | 32 | | 202, Boston, MA 02114 |
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| 34 | 34 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3345 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 35 | 35 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1423 |
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| 36 | 36 | | By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1423) of Tackey |
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| 37 | 37 | | Chan and others relative to motor vehicle operators leaving the scene of a collision. The |
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| 38 | 38 | | Judiciary. |
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| 39 | 39 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1484 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 41 | 41 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 42 | 42 | | _______________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 45 | 45 | | _______________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 48 | 48 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 24 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “property”, in line 932, the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 3following words:- “or after having reason to know that he collided with or otherwise caused |
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| 52 | 52 | | 4injury to any other vehicle or property,”. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 5 SECTION 2. Section 24 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by |
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| 54 | 54 | | 6inserting after the words “death of any person”, in line 982, the following words:- “or after |
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| 55 | 55 | | 7having reason to know that he collided with or otherwise caused injury to any person not |
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| 56 | 56 | | 8resulting in the death of any person,”. 2 of 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 9 SECTION 3. Section 24 of chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by |
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| 58 | 58 | | 10striking out the word “shall”, in line 992, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “or |
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| 59 | 59 | | 11after having reason to know that he collided with or otherwise caused injury to any person, |
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| 60 | 60 | | 12shall,”. |
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