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By Ms. Balser of Newton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1317) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to distribution and use of criminal offender record information. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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By Ms. Balser of Newton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1317) of Ruth B. Balser and others relative to distribution and use of criminal offender record information. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act relative to distribution and use of criminal offender record information. |
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. Section 172 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:—
Agencies, other entities or persons granted access under clause (c) of the first sentence of the first paragraph of this section and housing authorities, as provided in the third sentence of the third paragraph of section 168, shall receive criminal offender record information limited to conviction and case pending information. Any such agency, housing authority, entity or person receiving a criminal offender record information report and, as a result, is inclined to make an adverse decision as to the individual who is the subject of the report, shall, before making the decision, give the individual a photocopy of the report and afford him an opportunity, in a private discussion, to dispute the accuracy or relevance of the report, after which the agency, housing authority, entity or person shall consider all the information before making a final decision.