HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2292        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1365

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Regarding the Interception of Oral Communications of Law Enforcement Officers..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 99 (C) (1) of Chapter 272 of the 2006 Official Edition of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following sentences:--

            This subparagraph is not violated if the interception is committed by an individual against a law enforcement officer when the individual believes themselves to be in imminent danger of abuse of any sort by the law enforcement officer. The contents of this interception may only be used for legal or disciplinary action, and any other use will place the individual in violation of the subparagraph.