SENATE DOCKET, NO. 103 FILED ON: 1/18/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1740
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jennifer L. Flanagan
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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 police pursuits in the Commonwealth..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Jennifer L. Flanagan |
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Stephen L. DiNatale | 3rd Worcester |
James B. Eldridge |
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Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera | 10th Hampden |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 103 FILED ON: 1/18/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1740
By Ms. Flanagan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1740) of Jennifer L. Flanagan, Stephen L. DiNatale, James B. Eldridge, Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera and others for legislation relative to police pursuits in the Commonwealth. Transportation. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1697 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 police pursuits in the Commonwealth..
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 25 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition by adding to the end of said section 25 the following:-
Any person who, while operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, when being pursued by a police officer in an official police vehicle displaying lights and siren, shall refuse or neglect to stop, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in State Prison for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years, or both such fine and imprisonment.