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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1527 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 639 |
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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 provide additional funding for animal welfare and safety programming. |
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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 Plymouth 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1527 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 639 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 639) of Mark C. Montigny for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to provide additional funding for animal welfare and safety programming. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 533 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to provide additional funding for animal welfare and safety programming. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 35WW of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 9 after the words “chapter 140” the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following words:- “or other measures to improve animal health and welfare as the commissioner |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4may determine, with majority support from the advisory committee established in chapter 193 of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5the acts of 2012”. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 SECTION 2. Section 35WW of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “62”, in line 17, the following |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8words:- , fines collected pursuant to section 37 of chapter 129 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 SECTION 3. Section 37 of chapter 129 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the following sentence:- A fine assessed under |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11this section shall be deposited into the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund established |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12in section 35WW of chapter 10. |
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