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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2026 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1579 |
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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 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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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 identifying costs associated with legal counsel for classification hearings. |
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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:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/31/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2026 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1579 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1579) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for legislation to establish a special commission (including |
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| 20 | 20 | | members of the General Court) to identify the annual costs of providing court-appointed counsel |
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| 21 | 21 | | for sex offender classification hearings. The Judiciary. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to identifying costs associated with legal counsel for classification hearings. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. There is hereby established a commission to identify the annual costs of |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2providing court-appointed counsel for sex offender classification hearings. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 SECTION 2. The commission shall consist of 14 members: the house and senate chairs |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4of the joint committee on judiciary, one member of the committee to be appointed by the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5minority leader of the senate, and one member of the committee to be appointed by the minority |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6leader of the house; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public safety and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7homeland security, one member of the committee to be appointed by the minority leader of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8senate, and one member of the committee to be appointed by the minority leader of the house; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9two members appointed by the attorney general; two members to be appointed by the appointed |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court; and two members appointed by the governor, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11with experience in classification hearing procedures. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 SECTION 3. The commission shall measure the annual costs of providing counsel for sex |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13offender classification hearings. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 SECTION 4. The commission shall submit a report, including any draft legislation and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15regulations to the joint committee on transportation within 12 months of the enactment of this |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16Act. |
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