HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2188 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2191
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 passage of the accompanying:
An Act preventing driving under the influence.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
Donald F. Humason, Jr. | 4th Hampden |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
Viriato Manuel deMacedo | 1st Plymouth |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2188 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2191
By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2191) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to driving under the influence. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act preventing driving under the influence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Section 24 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as most recently amended Section 63 of Chapter 256 of the Acts of 2010, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the first paragraph of Subsection (1)a(1) the following new language: -
Whoever, upon any way or in any place to which the public has a right of access, or upon any way or in any place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees, operates a motor vehicle with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of fifteen one-hundredths or greater, as determined by analysis of his breath, shall be immediately taken into custody and subject to imprisonment for 48 hours.
