SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1212        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 692

 

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 exempt certain criminal misdemeanors from the hearing provisions of G.L. C. 218..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Cynthia S. Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1212        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 692

By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 692) of Cynthia S. Creem for legislation to exempt certain criminal misdemeanors from the hearing provisions as required by law.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 719 OF 2011-2012.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act to exempt certain criminal misdemeanors from the hearing provisions of G.L. C. 218..

 

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 35A of chapter 218 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

This section shall not apply to (1) substitute complaints that are issued to correct a misstatement or omission of form in an earlier complaint; or (2) complaints for violations of section 82A of chapter 276; or (3) complaints that are issued after the accused was offered an opportunity to be heard pursuant to a civil citation procedure authorized by statute in which the accused was charged with the same conduct as a civil infraction.