HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 809        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3517

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the criminal offender record information system..

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.  The definition of “Criminal offender record information: in section 167 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

Criminal offender record information shall not include dismissals of criminal charges.

Section 2.  Any dismissals of criminal charges in the criminal offender record information system on the effective date of this act shall be purged.  This includes and is not limited to continuations without a finding upon their dismissal.