SENATE DOCKET, NO. 48        FILED ON: 1/10/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 997

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sal N. DiDomenico

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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 enhanced enforcement of civil penalties.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

 

Attorney General Maura Healey

One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108

 

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

1/31/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/31/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

2/1/2017

Dylan Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/1/2017

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/2/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

2/2/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

2/2/2017

Bud Williams

11th Hampden

2/2/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/2/2017

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

2/2/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

2/3/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

10/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 48        FILED ON: 1/10/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 997

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 997) of Sal N. DiDomenico, Attorney General Maura Healey, Robert M. Koczera, James B. Eldridge and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to enhanced enforcement of civil penalties.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 967 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act relative to enhanced enforcement of civil penalties.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 27C of chapter 149, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(d) As a further alternative to initiating criminal proceedings pursuant to subsection (a), the attorney general may file a civil action for injunctive relief, for any damages incurred, and for any lost wages and other benefits on behalf of an employee or multiple, similarly situated employees. If the attorney general prevails in such an action, the employee on whose behalf the attorney general brought the civil action shall be awarded treble damages, as liquidated damages, for any lost wages and other benefits, and the attorney general shall also be awarded the costs of the litigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees.