Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-71

JUD 71

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUBLIC CHARITIES

Messrs. Tarr, Knapik and Hedlund moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ___, the following new sections:-

“SECTION__. 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__. Said section 8F of said chapter 12, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, 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.”