HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2839        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1447

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel J. Hunt

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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 reducing the storage of obsolete papers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/17/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2839        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1447

By Mr. Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1447) of Daniel J. Hunt and Daniel R. Cullinane relative to reducing the storage of obsolete court papers.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act reducing the storage of obsolete papers.

 

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 27A of chapter 221 of the General Laws, as amended by section 124 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2015, is hereby further amended in paragraph (1) by adding at the end there of the following:- “The Supreme Judicial Court may by rule or order make exceptions to this ten year retention requirement for papers filed  in or relating to matters involving alleged violations of laws, rules or regulations regarding motor vehicle civil infractions, motor vehicle parking, littering, bicycles, pedestrians, municipal dog control, or non-criminal dispositions of municipal ordinance or by-law violations, or other non-criminal regulatory offenses.”