Amendment #139 to H4100

Accountability for public charities – liability for false reports

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Adams of Andover, Barrows of Mansfield, Bastien of Gardner, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Diehl of Whitman, Durant of Spencer, Fattman of Sutton, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Harrington of Groton, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Kuros of Uxbridge, Levy of Marlborough, Lombardo of Billerica, Lyons of Andover, O'Connell of Taunton, Orrall of Lakeville, Ross of Attleboro, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth, Webster of Pembroke, Winslow of Norfolk and Wong of Saugus move to amend the bill by inserting, after section xx, the following two sections:—

“SECTION XX. Section 8F of chapter 12 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in line 135, the figure ‘$5,000’ and inserting in place thereof the following figure:—$10,000.

SECTION XX. Said section 8F of chapter 12 is hereby amended by adding, at the end thereof, the following:—

A public charity, or an officer or agent of a public charity, who knowingly makes, executes or files a report false in any material representation shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.”.