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

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1621

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act on appellate jurisdiction..

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 18 of chapter 240 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 3 and 4, inclusive, the words "supreme judicial court" and inserting in place thereof the words: - appeals court or, subject to the provisions of section ten of chapter two hundred and eleven A, to the full court of the supreme judicial court.

SECTION 2. Section 28 of chapter 278 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in line 3 the words "supreme judicial court" and inserting in place thereof the words: - appeals court or, subject to the provisions of section ten of chapter two hundred and eleven A, to the full court of the supreme judicial court.

SECTION 3. Section 28E of chapter 278 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 9 and 10 the words "supreme judicial court" and inserting in place thereof the words: - appeals court or, subject to the provisions of section ten of chapter two hundred and eleven A, to the full court of the supreme judicial court.