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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 734 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2059 |
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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 | | Steven George Xiarhos |
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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 eliminating cashless bail. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/13/2025Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester2/11/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 734 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2059 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2059) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Steven George Xiarhos and Joseph D. McKenna relative to cashless bail. The Judiciary. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to eliminating cashless bail. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION ONE. Chapter 262 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Section |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2157 of Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024, is hereby amended by striking out Section 24 and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 Section 24. (a) The maximum fee to be charged by a person authorized to take bail or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5release on personal recognizance in the case of a person arrested for any misdemeanor or felony |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6shall be $80. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 (b) No person authorized to take bail shall delegate: (i) the setting or taking of bail; or (ii) |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8the setting or taking of release on personal recognizance to any other person. Fee-splitting |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9arrangements shall be prohibited. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 (c) A person authorized to take bail shall receive the fee under subsection (a) after |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11determining the terms of release and the prisoner ultimately recognizes out-of-court. |
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