AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE WARRANTLESS ARREST FOR RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT CAUSES SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
Section 21 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "person", in line 34, the following words:- , or whoever operates a motor vehicle recklessly or negligently so that the lives or safety of the public might be endangered in violation of paragraph (a) of subdivision (2) of section 24 and by such operation causes another person serious bodily injury as defined in section 24L, or whoever commits motor vehicle homicide in violation of subsection (a) or (b) of section 24G.
Approved August 10, 2010