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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1164 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2022 |
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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 relative to further increasing the fines for cruelty to animals, and establishing a fund |
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| 13 | 13 | | dedicated to improvements for local animal shelters. |
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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 Norfolk1/18/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/22/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1164 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2022 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2022) of Bruce |
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| 20 | 20 | | J. Ayers and Michelle M. DuBois relative to increasing the fines for cruelty to animals and |
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| 21 | 21 | | establishing a fund dedicated to improvements for local animal shelters. Municipalities and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Regional Government. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2132 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act relative to further increasing the fines for cruelty to animals, and establishing a fund |
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| 31 | 31 | | dedicated to improvements for local animal shelters. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 77 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2striking out the figure “$5,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$5,500”; Section 77 is |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3further amended by striking the figure “$10,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4“$11,000” |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 SECTION 2. No more than $500 from a single fine incurred for a first offense, and no |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6more than $1,000 from a single fine incurred for subsequent offenses, shall be designated |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7towards a special account in the municipality where the violation occurred. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 The monies shall be used solely for funding improvements to the local municipality’s |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9animal shelter. Funds designated towards municipalities without an animal shelter within their |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10jurisdiction will be utilized at the discretion of the local municipality, providing it benefits local |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11groups, nonprofit organizations, or public entities dedicated to the humane treatment of animals |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12and/or the promotion of the adoption of shelter animals. |
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