HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 22        FILED ON: 1/23/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 22

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act related to the forfeiture of pension upon conviction of child pornography and other offenses.

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: Subsection (4) of Section 15 of Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by adding after the first sentence the following: -

“For purposes of this subsection, ‘criminal offense involving violation of the laws applicable to his office or position,’ shall in the case of a teacher include, but not be limited to, a conviction for knowing purchase or possession of visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct under section 29C of chapter 272 of the general laws, or a conviction of a sex offense involving a child, as defined in section 178C of chapter 6 of the general laws, or a conviction of any other sex offense or sexually violent offense, as those  terms are defined in said section 178C, in which the victim was any person under the age of 18.”

SECTION 2: The provisions of section 1 shall apply only to criminal offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act.