Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-441

EPS 441

Unlawful Firearms Possession Study

Messrs. Tarr, Michael O. Moore, Knapik and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ____, the following new section:-

Section __. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the criminal history systems board, in consultation with the board of probation, shall study the number and case violations of M.G.L.c. 140, §129C and M.G.L.c. 269 §10 since its adoption, provided further that said study shall include but not be limited to the number of individuals who have served minimum mandatory sentences pursuant to these laws, the instances where a violation of the law was charged but no conviction for a lesser offence following an initial change for a violation of these laws, and the cases where a violation of these laws was changed that resulted in the disposition of “continued without a finding.”

The board shall complete said report not later than October 1, 2013 and file it with the clerks of the House and the Senate.