HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1995        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1246

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Claire D. Cronin

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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 appointment of private counsel.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/15/2015

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

9/13/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/4/2015

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

9/13/2019

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

9/13/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

9/13/2019

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

9/13/2019

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

9/13/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

9/13/2019

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

9/13/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

9/13/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

9/13/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

9/13/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

9/13/2019

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

9/13/2019

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester

9/13/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

9/13/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

9/13/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

9/13/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

9/13/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

9/13/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

9/13/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

9/13/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

9/13/2019

Leah Cole

12th Essex

9/13/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

9/13/2019

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

9/13/2019

Walter F. Timilty

7th Norfolk

9/13/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

9/13/2019

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

9/13/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

9/13/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

9/13/2019

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

9/13/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

9/13/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

9/13/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

9/13/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

9/13/2019

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

9/13/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

9/13/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1995        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1246

By Ms. Cronin of Easton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1246) of Claire D. Cronin and others relative to rates of compensation payable to counsel.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to the appointment of private counsel.

 

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 11 of chapter 211D of the General Laws as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following new sentence:—

The rates of compensation payable to all counsel, who are appointed or assigned to represent indigents within the private counsel division of the committee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of section 6, shall, subject to appropriation, be as follows: for homicide cases the rate of compensation shall be $140 per hour; for superior court non-homicide cases, including sexually dangerous person cases, the rate of compensation shall be $100 per hour; for district court cases, children in need of services cases, children and family law cases, care and protection cases, sex offender registry cases and mental health cases the rate of compensation shall be $75 per hour.

SECTION 2.  Section 11 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the last paragraph.