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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 488 FILED ON: 1/16/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1086 |
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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 | | Patrick M. O'Connor |
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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 juvenile offenders. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 488 FILED ON: 1/16/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1086 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1086) of Patrick M. O'Connor for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to juvenile offenders. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1115 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 juvenile offenders. |
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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. Section 52 of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 69 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2of the Acts of 2018, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Delinquent child” and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3inserting in place thereof the following definition:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 “Delinquent child”, a child between 10 and 18 years of age who commits any offense |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5against a law of the commonwealth; provided, however, that such offense shall not include a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6civil infraction, a violation of any municipal ordinance or town by-law or a first offense of a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7misdemeanor for which the punishment is a fine, imprisonment in a jail or house of correction |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8for not more than 6 months or both such fine and imprisonment. 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 SECTION 2. Section 54 of said chapter 119, as amended by chapter 69 of the Acts of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 102018, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the figure “12” and inserting in place thereof |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11the following figure:- 10. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 SECTION 3. This act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage. |
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