HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4709        FILED ON: 11/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4462

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to motor vehicle police chases..

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.  Chapter 268 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 41.  Whoever knowingly operates a motor vehicle on a street, road, alley, or highway in this state, to intentionally flee or attempt to elude a law enforcement officer after having received a signal from the officer to bring the vehicle to a stop shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than 2 ½ years or a fine not to exceed $5,000.