SENATE DOCKET, NO. 713        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1771

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act prohibiting the possession by or sale of spray paint to minors..

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 126B of the General Laws as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after section 126B the following 2 new sections:-

Section 126C.  Whoever, being under the age of 17, possesses any aerosol canister containing paint, with the intent to violate section 126A or 126B, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $250, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

Section 126D.  Whoever sells an aerosol canister containing paint to any person under the age of 17 shall be punished by a fine of $500 for each violation of this section.