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By Mr. Jones of North Reading, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 656) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to campaign finance reports. Election Laws. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
Mary S. Rogeness
George N. Peterson, Jr.
John A. Lepper
Viriato Manuel deMacedo
Paul K. Frost
Robert S. Hargraves
Elizabeth A. Poirier
Karyn E. Polito
Richard J. Ross
Susan Williams Gifford
Jeffrey Davis Perry
Paul J. P. Loscocco
Todd M. Smola
Donald F. Humason, Jr.
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection (f) of section 19 of chapter 55 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking lines 130 to 133, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- “Any candidate or political committee which fails to file any report required by this section shall be assessed, and shall pay to the state treasurer, a penalty not greater than $20 for each of the first 7 days and not more than $50 for each subsequent day.”