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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1584 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1479 |
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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 | | Michael J. Barrett |
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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 protecting inmate safety and the expenditure of state funds. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael J. BarrettThird Middlesex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1584 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1479 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1479) of Michael J. Barrett for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to protect inmate safety and the expenditure of state funds. Public Safety and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1538 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act protecting inmate safety and the expenditure of state funds. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 170. No inmate or prisoner placed in the custody of a sheriff shall be transported |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4outside of the commonwealth for the purposes of labor or public or community service |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5programming unless there exists a bona fide public health or safety emergency. If such a bona |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6fide public health or safety emergency exists, the sheriff shall file a description of the purpose, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7the proposed mode of transportation, the estimated duration of the time to be spent outside of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8commonwealth, the housing and security arrangements to be made during the proposed stay and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9the estimated cost of the entire undertaking with the secretary of administration and finance, the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10secretary of the executive office of public safety and security, the chairs of the joint committee 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11on public safety and homeland security and the chairs of the senate and house committees on |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12ways and means and shall obtain written approval from the secretary of administration and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13finance and the secretary of the executive office of public safety and security prior to the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14commencement of said transport. |
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