HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1062        FILED ON: 2/1/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1456

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce J. Ayers

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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 establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs and grave markers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2021

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

4/16/2021

Carol A. Doherty

3rd Bristol

4/16/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1062        FILED ON: 2/1/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1456

By Mr. Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1456) of Bruce J. Ayers that provision be made for a minimum mandatory sentence for the willful destruction of burial tombs and grave markers.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1336 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act establishing a mandatory sentence for destruction, defacement or damage to burial tombs and grave markers.

 

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 73 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “not”, as appearing in line 12, the following new text:—“less than one thousand dollars and not”.

SECTION 2. Section 73 of Chapter 272 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following text:—

“The sentence imposed under this section shall not be reduced to less than 6 months, nor suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole or furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct until he shall have served no less than 6 months of such sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file. The provisions of section 87-seven of chapter 276 shall not apply to a person charged with a violation of this section.”