SENATE DOCKET, NO. 859        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 718

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cynthia S. Creem

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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 clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Cynthia S. Creem

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 859        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 718

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 718) of Cynthia S. Creem for legislation to clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1641 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to clarify the venue of prosecution for larceny by check..

 

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 277 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 62B the following section:-

Section 62C.  The crime set forth in section 37 of chapter 266 may be prosecuted and punished in any judicial district where the check, draft or order for the payment of money was executed or delivered, or where the money or property or services obtained thereby were delivered.