HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3377        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Christopher M. Markey

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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 concerning the arrest without a warrant of persons on probation.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3377        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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An Act concerning the arrest without a warrant of persons on probation.

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 3 of chapter 279 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in the title, the words “; temporary custody”

SECTION 2.Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting before line 1 the following paragraph:- For the purposes of this section, probation officer shall include a chief probation officer, a regional probation supervisor, a statewide probation supervisor, the director of the ELMO center, the deputy commissioner of field services, and any other personnel whom the commissioner of probation shall direct.

SECTION 3.Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 51, the word “temporary”.

SECTION 4.Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 52-53, the words “for a period not to exceed 72 hours or until the next sitting of the court, during which period the” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- . The

SECTION 5.Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 59 the word “temporary”.

SECTION 6.Section 3 of said chapter 279, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, after the last sentence in line 60, the words:- Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, persons held on such warrants shall not be admitted to bail.