HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3545        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3499

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act defining substantial value..

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 1 of Chapter 268A of the General Laws appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following definition:—

            (R) “Substantial value”, anything with a value of $500 of more, unless a court determines that based upon the facts of a particular case a higher amount should apply.