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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas W. Moakley and Julian Cyr
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing the Dukes County Sheriff’s regional lockup fund.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Thomas W. MoakleyBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket1/11/2025Julian CyrCape and Islands1/13/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 697 FILED ON: 1/11/2025
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By Representative Moakley of Falmouth and Senator Cyr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 2314) of Thomas W. Moakley and Julian Cyr for legislation to establish the Dukes
County Sheriff’s regional lockup fund. Municipalities and Regional Government.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act establishing the Dukes County Sheriff’s regional lockup fund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby
2amended by inserting after section 35:57A the following section:
3 SECTION 35:58.
4 (a) There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate
5fund to be known as the Dukes County Sheriff Regional Lockup Fund to be administered by the
6Dukes County Sheriff’s Office.
7 (b) The purpose of the Fund shall be to provide the only state-funded regional lockup
8service to the towns in Dukes County to which facility persons arrested with or without a
9warrant, taken into protective custody, held on contempt or by court order, or arrested under any
10civil process may be detained. Police officers shall have the full authority and jurisdiction of a
11police officer anywhere in the County while transporting an incarcerated or detained person to a
12regional lockup facility as well as during transport through any city, town, or county, including 2 of 2
13to and at a hospital or medical or psychiatric facility or office, or to, at or on a ferry or aircraft if
14appropriate, and throughout the arrest, delivery and booking process. A municipal police
15department that is a member of the Dukes County Regional Lockup Facility System does not
16have to comply with section 36C of chapter 40. A town may become a member of the Dukes
17County Regional Lockup Facility System by executing a written agreement with the Sheriff of
18Dukes County. The regional lockup facility superintendent, appointed by the sheriff of Dukes
19County, and deputy sheriffs of Dukes County where the regional lockup facility is located, shall
20have the same authority, jurisdiction, and duty as a police officer to detain, book, hold, and
21transport a pre-arraignment incarcerated person or any other detained or incarcerated person to or
22from the regional lockup facility.
23 (c) There shall be credited to the Fund all amounts that are, by law, transferred or
24authorized to be transferred thereto or directed to be deposited therein, and all amounts received
25as gifts, grants or contributions for the purposes of the Fund. Amounts credited to the Fund shall
26not be subject to further appropriation and any money remaining in the Fund at the end of a fiscal
27year shall not revert to the General Fund.