HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2676        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3781

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act regarding discovery in summary process actions..

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. Notwithstanding any law or special law to the contrary Chapter 239 of the General Laws shall be amended by adding a new section at the end thereof:

Section 2B.No summary process action shall be continued or extended from the original court date upon filing of requests for discovery pursuant to the Uniform Summary Process Rules unless the tenant files has answered the complaint.