SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1871        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1664

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to probation violations..

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 3 of Chapter 279 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 14 and 15, the words “such suspension is revoked, the sentence shall be in full force and effect” and inserting in place thereof the following:- the defendant violates a condition of probation, the court may (a) continue him on probation with or without extending the term or modifying or enlarging the conditions; or (b) revoke the sentence of probation and commit the defendant to an intermediate sanctions program or impose all or any portion of the suspended sentence.