SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1337        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 735

 

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 relative to the management of the trial court..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Cynthia S. Creem

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1337        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 735

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 735) of Cynthia S. Creem for legislation to manage the Trial Court.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1625 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 management of the trial court..

 

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 9 of chapter 211B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsections xxiii(a) and (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:

(xxiii)notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the chief justice for administration and management may transfer funds from any item of appropriation of any trial court department to any other item of appropriation within the same trial court department and from any central item of appropriation, so called, to any other trial court item or items of appropriation including the central items of appropriation.