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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3137 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1490 |
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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 | | Carole A. Fiola |
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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 authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints. |
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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:Carole A. Fiola6th Bristol1/13/2023Paul A. Schmid, III8th Bristol2/1/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3137 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1490 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Fiola of Fall River, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1490) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carole A. Fiola and Paul A. Schmid, III relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal |
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| 20 | 20 | | complaints. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to authorizing electronic signatures for criminal complaints. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 22 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “subscribed”, in line 4, the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3words:- , electronically or in person |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 22 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 7, the following words after the word |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6“Procedure.”:- If a complaint is submitted electronically by the complainant, the complainant, if |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7a law enforcement officer, may, in lieu of being examined on oath by justice, subscribe to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8complaint under the pains and penalties of perjury. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 SECTION 3. Section 2 of chapter 275 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “subscribed”, in line 5, the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11words:- , electronically or in person 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 SECTION 4. Section 2 of chapter 275 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 5, the flowing words after the word |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14“complainant.”:- If a complaint is submitted electronically by the complainant, the complainant, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15if a law enforcement officer, may, in lieu of being examined on oath by such court or a justice, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16subscribe to the complaint under the pains and penalties of perjury. |
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