Further Amendment #145.1 to H3400

Further to 145

Mr. O'Flaherty of Chelsea Mr. O’Flaherty of Chelsea moves to further amend amendment 145 by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall not take effect until such time as (i) the executive office of public safety and security, in conjunction with the administrative office of the trial court, has furnished a study of the legislation’s impact on the judicial system of the commonwealth, including a fiscal analysis of the impact on the court system due to death penalty trials; the cost of housing death row inmates in the state prison system; the means by which other states with comparable economies have absorbed such fiscal costs; and any other ancillary activity; and (ii) the study with recommended changes to the legislation has been filed with the joint committee on judiciary and passed pursuant to Part 2, Chap. 1, Sec. 1, Art. II of the Constitution.