HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 430 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2169
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Denise Provost
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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 assuring municipal control of military equipment procurement by local law enforcement.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/13/2015 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/30/2015 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 10/28/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 10/28/2019 |
Angelo M. Scaccia | 14th Suffolk | 10/28/2019 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 10/28/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 430 FILED ON: 1/13/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2169
By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2169) of Denise Provost and others relative to military equipment procurement by local law enforcement departments. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
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 assuring municipal control of military equipment procurement by local law enforcement.
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 53A½ of Chapter 44 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no police or fire department in any city or town may apply to the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense or the Department of Justice or any other body or agency to procure or accept as gifts any aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles, armored vehicles, bayonets, bombs, directed-energy weapons, grenade launchers, international mobile subscriber identity catchers, launch vehicles, mines, missiles, radioactive or nuclear weapons, rockets, silencers, torpedoes, toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents, and associated equipment, or ultrasonic devices used for crowd dispersal without the prior authorization of the mayor and city council, in a city, or the board of selectmen, town meeting or other governing body, in a town.