SENATE DOCKET, NO. 293 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1368
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James E. Timilty
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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 regulating the closure of state correctional facilities.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
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James E. Timilty | Bristol and Norfolk |
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Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex | 1/30/2017 |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | 1/30/2017 |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex | 1/30/2017 |
Robert M. Koczera | 11th Bristol | 1/30/2017 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Bristol | 1/30/2017 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 1/30/2017 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 1/30/2017 |
Geoff Diehl | 7th Plymouth | 1/30/2017 |
Thomas J. Calter | 12th Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/31/2017 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 1/31/2017 |
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. | 28th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/31/2017 |
Keiko M. Orrall | 12th Bristol | 1/31/2017 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
Theodore C. Speliotis | 13th Essex | 1/31/2017 |
Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester | 2/2/2017 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Tackey Chan | 2nd Norfolk | 1/31/2017 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
Gerard Cassidy | 9th Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
Kathleen O'Connor Ives | First Essex | 1/31/2017 |
Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol | 1/31/2017 |
Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | 1/31/2017 |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Michael F. Rush | Norfolk and Suffolk | 1/31/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 1/31/2017 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Viriato M. deMacedo | Plymouth and Barnstable | 2/1/2017 |
David K. Muradian, Jr. | 9th Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Rady Mom | 18th Middlesex | 2/1/2017 |
Richard J. Ross | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 2/1/2017 |
Brian Murray | 10th Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 2/1/2017 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk | 2/1/2017 |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden | 2/1/2017 |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk | 2/1/2017 |
Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 5th Essex | 2/1/2017 |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 2/1/2017 |
Paul A. Schmid, III | 8th Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
Barbara A. L'Italien | Second Essex and Middlesex | 2/2/2017 |
Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex | 2/2/2017 |
Thomas M. Petrolati | 7th Hampden | 2/2/2017 |
Daniel Cahill | 10th Essex | 2/2/2017 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/2/2017 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 2/2/2017 |
David M. Nangle | 17th Middlesex | 2/2/2017 |
Bruce J. Ayers | 1st Norfolk | 2/2/2017 |
Patricia A. Haddad | 5th Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 2/2/2017 |
John H. Rogers | 12th Norfolk | 2/2/2017 |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 2/2/2017 |
John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | 2/2/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 2nd Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Michael S. Day | 31st Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Alan Silvia | 7th Bristol | 2/3/2017 |
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. | 12th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Shaunna L. O'Connell | 3rd Bristol | 2/3/2017 |
Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Paul Tucker | 7th Essex | 2/3/2017 |
Natalie Higgins | 4th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex | 2/3/2017 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 2/3/2017 |
Walter F. Timilty | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | 2/3/2017 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/3/2017 |
James Arciero | 2nd Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 2/7/2017 |
Jennifer L. Flanagan | Worcester and Middlesex | 2/8/2017 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 293 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1368
By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1368) of James E. Timilty, Diana DiZoglio, Chris Walsh, Marc T. Lombardo and other members of the General Court for legislation to regulate the closure of state correctional facilities. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act regulating the closure of state correctional facilities.
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. As used in this act, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
“Institution,” Massachusetts State Correctional Facilities
“Member communities:” communities under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts Department of Corrections.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the Massachusetts Department of Corrections located in the towns hosting a state institution shall continue operation until such time that the following are completed:
a) A study on the public safety impacts of closing institution on member communities
b) A cost analysis of the closing, to include the financial impacts on the member communities
c) A thorough appraisal of the building, land and structures on the property including the yearly maintenance costs associated with each
d) A public hearing in the town hosting a state institution
e) A public hearing state house
SECTION 3. A report of the study and analysis shall be submitted to the Senate President, the Speaker of the House, and the Senators and Representatives of member communities no later than two years after the passage of this legislation.
SECTION 4. No state correctional facilities shall be closed without prior notification to the legislature.