SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1181        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 769

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James B. Eldridge

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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 defining certain administrative records as public records.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

James B. Eldridge

 

William N. Brownsberger

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1181        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 769

By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 769) of James B. Eldridge, William N. Brownsberger, Jennifer E. Benson, John W. Scibak and other members of the General Court for legislation to define certain administrative records as public records.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act defining certain administrative records as public records.

 

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

     Clause twenty-sixth of Section 7 of Chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “thereof,” at line 131, the following:- or of the office of the commissioner of probation, the office of the chief justice for administration and management, the office of the jury commissioner, or any other office or agency within the judicial branch created by the general court to serve an administrative function.