SENATE DOCKET, NO. 583        FILED ON: 1/16/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 850

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Katherine M. Clark

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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 for achieving insurance responsibility.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

Attorney General Martha Coakley

1 Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02133


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 583        FILED ON: 1/16/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 850

By Ms. Clark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 850) of Katherine M. Clark, Thomas J. Calter, Thomas M. Stanley and Attorney General Martha Coakley for legislation relative to workers' compensation insurance.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 915 OF 2011-2012.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act for achieving insurance responsibility.

 

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

Section 25C of chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (5), by striking out in the first sentence the words, “a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both”, and inserting in place thereof the following:- imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or by imprisonment in jail for not less than 6 months nor more than 2 1/2 years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.