By Mr. Nangle of Lowell, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1608) of David M. Nangle and Kevin J. Murphy relative to the tampering by prisoners of electronic monitoring devices.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

David M. Nangle

Kevin J. Murphy

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to electronic monitoring devices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 268 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2002  Official Edition is hereby amended in section 16 by inserting after the words “fails to return from any temporary release from said institution, center or branch,” the following: “or who, on any other form of constructive confinement, tampers with or otherwise attempts to disable electronic monitoring of the prisoner,”.