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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2164 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 194 |
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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 | | Mark C. Montigny |
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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 to protect the privacy of lottery winners. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and PlymouthThomas P. Walsh12th Essex1/24/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol2/2/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin2/2/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth2/3/2023Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester2/15/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2164 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 194 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 194) of Mark C. Montigny, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Thomas P. Walsh, Steven S. Howitt, Susannah M. Whipps and other members of the General |
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| 20 | 20 | | Court for legislation to protect the privacy of lottery winners. Consumer Protection and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Professional Licensure. |
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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 to protect the privacy of lottery winners. |
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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 24 of Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the first paragraph the following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 “Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the name, address or other |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4identifying information of any holder of a winning lottery ticket shall not be deemed public |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5records of the commission and shall not be subject to section 10 of chapter 66. The commission |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6shall not publicly disclose the name, address, or other identifying information of any holder of a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7winning ticket or require any winning ticket holder to perform any public act in connection with |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8the awarding, payment, or collection of prize moneys where a holder of a winning ticket |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9provides a written request to the commission. Upon a claim, the commission shall inform, in |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10writing, the winning ticket holder of the right to refuse public disclosure of name, address, or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11other identifying information as well as the right to refuse to perform any public act in |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12connection with the awarding, payment, or collection of prize moneys.". |
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