HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1273        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3534

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Outdated CORI..

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

Section 172 of chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the last paragraph the following paragraph:—

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, the board shall adopt regulations providing that agencies or individuals granted access under clause (b) or clause (c) shall not be given access to criminal offender record information that the commissioner of probation has the authority to seal under Section 100A of Chapter 276. These regulations shall in no way restrict access to criminal offender record information by criminal justice agencies.