Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3083 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1391 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3083
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Marc T. Lombardo
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying
12	12	resolve:
13	13	Resolve establishing a special commission to identify a suitable location for a justice complex in
14	14	Southern Middlesex County.
15	15	_______________
16	16	PETITION OF:
17	17	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Marc T. Lombardo22nd Middlesex1/18/2023 1 of 2
18	18	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1391 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
19	19	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3083
20	20	By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 3083)
21	21	of Marc T. Lombardo for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the
22	22	General Court) to identify a suitable location for a justice complex in Southern Middlesex
23	23	County. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
24	24	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
25	25	SEE HOUSE, NO. 3198 OF 2021-2022.]
26	26	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
27	27	_______________
28	28	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
29	29	(2023-2024)
30	30	_______________
31	31	Resolve establishing a special commission to identify a suitable location for a justice complex in
32	32	Southern Middlesex County.
33	33	1 Resolved, That a special commission is hereby established to make an investigation and
34	34	2study relative to identify and evaluate potential sites suitable for the location of a replacement
35	35	3justice complex that includes a jail facility in Southern Middlesex County, consistent with
36	36	4chapter 304 of the acts of 2008. The commission shall evaluate whether such sites are
37	37	5appropriate to adjoin facilities to house related criminal justice functions, including courts, pre-
38	38	6arraignment lock-up facilities, a female lock-up facility as described in the following paragraph
39	39	7and special population facilities. The commission shall analyze the current inmate and detainee
40	40	8populations in the county and make recommendations on the appropriate scale of any new
41	41	9facility based upon that analysis and make recommendations on whether the future inmate and
42	42	10pretrial detainee population within the county may be reduced. In making its recommendations, 2 of 2
43	43	11the commission shall analyze the NIC Technical Assessment of the Middlesex County pretrial
44	44	12population performed in 2014.
45	45	13 The special commission shall also identify and evaluate potential sites in Southern
46	46	14Middlesex County suitable for the placement of a correctional facility to house female pretrial
47	47	15detainees and female offenders sentenced to incarceration in the house of correction for 2½ years
48	48	16or less. The commission shall document the needs of the communities in the vicinity of such
49	49	17sites and of the individuals in those communities, and make recommendations relative to the
50	50	18most efficient and effective investment of public resources to meet all of those needs.
51	51	19 The commission shall include the following officers or their designees: the secretary of
52	52	20public safety and security, who shall chair the commission; the secretary of administration and
53	53	21finance; the Middlesex sheriff; the administrative office of the trial court; the Middlesex superior
54	54	22court clerk; the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance; the Middlesex
55	55	23district attorney; chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services; 1 member of the
56	56	24senate appointed by the president; and 1 member of the house of representatives appointed by the
57	57	25speaker. Members not otherwise subject to chapter 268A of the General Laws by virtue of their
58	58	26public positions shall not be considered to be special state employees for purposes of said
59	59	27chapter 268A on account of their service on the commission.
60	60	28 The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the
61	61	29clerks of the house of representatives and the senate not later than August 1, 2021.