HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1808 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1369
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Joyce A. Spiliotis
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the conditions of probation.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Joyce A. Spiliotis | 12th Essex | 1/20/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1808 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1369
By Ms. Spiliotis of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1369) of Joyce A. Spiliotis relative to the conditions of probation. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1741 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act relative to the conditions of probation.
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 87A of Chapter 276, of the General Laws appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section, Section 87B “Specified rehabilitation programs”
Section2. " Every person placed on supervised probation and into a specified rehabilitation program(s) shall attend on a schedule that aims to both rehabilitate and reintegrate the probationer. Specified rehabilitation programs shall not run simultaneously nor concurrently."
Section3. “In the event a court includes more than one specified rehabilitative program, the sentencing judge shall promptly write an opinion explaining the reasons for the issuance of each specified rehabilitative program.”
Section 4. Section 98 of said Chapter 276, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words:- “the evaluation of the probation service in each court of the commonwealth”, in line 19, the following words:- " which shall include an evaluation of a probation officer’s ability to insure a probationer meets the conditions of probation.”
Section 5. Section 101 of said Chapter 276, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words:- “with his suggestions or recommendations.”, in line 5, the following words:- “The report shall include employment and educational attainment statistics for all probationers who complete a probation sentence during the year.”