HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2346        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1714

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sarah K. Peake

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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 the jurisdiction of the housing court.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/18/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2346        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1714

By Representative Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1714) of Sarah K. Peake relative to the jurisdiction of the Housing Court.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1829 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to the jurisdiction of the housing court.

 

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 185C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out at the first sentence in paragraph (1), as amended by section 79 of chapter 47 of the acts of 2017, the following:- “arising in the city of Boston in the case of that division, in the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire in the case of the western division and within the cities and towns included in the Worcester county division, northeastern division and southeastern division, in the case of those divisions.”

SECTION 2. Section 3 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out at the second sentence in paragraph (1), as amended by section 79 of chapter 47 of the acts of 2017, the following:- “the city of Boston, in the case of that division, Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties, in the case of the western division and within the cities and towns included in the Worcester county division, northeastern division and southeastern division, in the case of those divisions” and adding in place thereof:- those divisions

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.