HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2125        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2242

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Christopher M. Markey

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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 to require only justices to conduct bail hearings on certain arrested persons with multiple pending felony charges.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

1/20/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2125        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2242

By Mr. Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2242) of Christopher M. Markey for legislation to require only justices to conduct bail hearings on certain arrested persons with multiple pending felony charges.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to require only justices to conduct bail hearings on certain arrested persons with multiple pending felony charges.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

To amend paragraph two of section fifty seven of chapter for two hundred and seventy six after the words  “in effect against said person”  and before the words  “shall not be released out of court by a clerk of courts, clerk of a district court, bail commissioner or master in chancery”’ add the following:

“A person arrested for a felony, with two or more separate pending felony complaints in any district court or district courts in the Commonwealth or one felony pending in any Superior Court in the Commonwealth at the time of the arrest”