SENATE DOCKET, NO. 343        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 990

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas M. McGee

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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 penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

Jose F. Tosado

9th Hampden

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 343        FILED ON: 1/14/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 990

By Mr. McGee, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 990) of Thomas M. McGee, Carolyn C. Dykema, Jose F. Tosado, Mary S. Keefe and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 871 OF 2013-2014.]

 

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 penalty for failure to provide workers' compensation insurance.

 

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 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 74 to 76, inclusive, the words “by 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 words:-  by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 6 months nor more than 2½ years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.