SENATE, No. 1020

By Mr. Morrissey, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1020) of Michael W. Morrissey for legislation to impose civil liability on persons who provide alcohol to minors. The Judiciary

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.


AN ACT TO IMPOSE CIVIL LIABILITY ON PERSONS WHO PROVIDE ALCOHOL TO MINORS

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 34 of Chapter 138 of the General laws, as it appears in the 2000 official edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph:

“Any person who violates this section shall be liable in tort for injuries or death caused to any person as a result of the operation by a person under the age of twenty-one who is under the influence of alcohol.”