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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2565 FILED ON: 4/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2389 |
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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 | | Susan L. Moran |
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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 facilitating restitution against unfinished development to be known as the FRAUD Act. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Susan L. MoranPlymouth and BarnstableTackey Chan2nd Norfolk4/13/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2565 FILED ON: 4/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2389 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Moran, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2389) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Susan L. Moran and Tackey Chan for legislation to facilitate restitution against unfinished |
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| 20 | 20 | | development to be known as the FRAUD Act. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act facilitating restitution against unfinished development to be known as the FRAUD Act. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 9 of Chapter 142A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (d), the following:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (e) Prior to approving any application for registration or renewal conforming to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4requirements of this chapter, the director shall refer identifying information regarding an |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5applicant to the department of criminal justice information services, which shall obtain criminal |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6offender record information but shall transmit only the following information to the director: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (1) Any conviction of the applicant of gross fraud or cheat as defined by section 76 of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8chapter 266. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 SECTION 2. Section 17 of said Chapter 142A, as so appearing, is hereby amended in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10paragraph (17) by striking out “17” and inserting thereof:- “18”. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 3. Said Section 17 of said Chapter 142A, as so appearing, is hereby amended |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12by inserting, after paragraph (16), the following paragraph:- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 (17) engaging in gross fraud or cheat as defined by section 76 of chapter 266;. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 4. Section 7 of said Chapter 142A, as so appearing, is hereby amended in the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15third paragraph by striking out the words “ten thousand dollars” and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16following:- “thirty thousand dollars”. |
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