HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4871        FILED ON: 2/9/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4529

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act further defining the dissemination of obscene material..

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 31 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in lines 40 through 43, inclusive, the definition of “Matter” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

“Matter”, any handwritten or printed material, visual representation, live performance or sound recording including but not limited to books, magazines, motion picture films, pamphlets, phonographic records, pictures, photographs, figures, statues, plays, dances, or any electronic communication including but not limited to any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic or photo-optical system.