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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 333 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3670 |
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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 | | Homar Gómez |
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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 dangerous high speed pursuits. |
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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:Homar Gómez2nd Hampshire1/8/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 333 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3670 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gómez of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3670) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Homar Gómez relative to dangerous high-speed pursuits. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3281 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to dangerous high speed pursuits. |
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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 Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 25 the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2following section 25A:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, shall refuse to stop |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4when signaled to stop by any police officer who is in uniform or who displays his badge |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat or garment, and who after said refusal operates the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6motor vehicle negligently or recklessly upon any way or in any place to which the public has a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7right of access, or any place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered, and who does so with the intent to |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9evade or elude any police officer or otherwise avoid apprehension, shall be punished by |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or by imprisonment in a jail or 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or by a fine of not more than |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12$2,500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 There shall be an assessment of $250 against a person who is convicted of, is placed on |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14probation for, or is granted a continuance without a finding for or otherwise pleads guilty to or |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15admits to a finding of sufficient facts of operating a motor vehicle in violation of this section. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16The amount collected pursuant to this assessment shall be deposited monthly by the court with |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17the state treasurer for who shall deposit it into the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18The assessment shall not be subject to reduction or waiver by the court for any reason. |
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