By Mr. Toomey of Cambridge, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2393) of Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., relative to authorizing county law enforcement personnel to possess electrical weapons.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to the possession of weapons.

    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. Chapter 170 of the Acts of 2004 is hereby amended in section 1 by striking “federal, state or municipal” in each instance where it occurs and inserting in place thereof the following: “federal, state, county or municipal”.

Section 2.  Said chapter is hereby amended in section 2 by striking the words, “state police and municipal police” and inserting in place thereof the following: “state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies”.