SENATE DOCKET, NO. 575        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1955

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Walter F. 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 relative to funding of the Massachusetts State House police memorial.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 575        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1955

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2003 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 funding of the Massachusetts State House police memorial.

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

Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 35PPP the following section:-

Section 35QQQ. There shall be established and set up on the books of the Commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Fund to be used without appropriation by a department of public safety for the purpose of making annual payments to the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial to memorialize and honor Massachusetts law enforcement personnel killed in the line of duty. There shall be credited to the fund revenues received by the Commonwealth from the sale of registration plates under section 2G of chapter 90.