SENATE DOCKET, NO. 706        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1227

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael F. Rush

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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 enhance the threats statute..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 706        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1227

By Mr. Rush, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1227) of Rush for legislation to enhance the threats statute [Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security].

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2269 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to enhance the threats statute..

 

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

Chapter 265 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 13L the following new section:-

“Section 13M.  Threats; arrest.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections two and three of chapter two hundred and seventy-five or any other general or special law to the contrary, no person shall threaten to commit a crime against the person or property of another, under circumstances that would reasonably justify apprehension on the part of any ordinary person.  A police officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person for whom the officer has probable cause to believe is violation or has violated this section.”