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Posted by: Sgt_110

The fate of SB 2132 is now in the hands of Governor Romney! It is being reported that at long last, the bill arrived on Governor Romney's desk. The task at hand now, is to make sure the Governor to signs it.

Please call Governor Romney's office this Monday (June 26) and Tuesday (June 27) and let him know that he should sign this bill post haste! Governor Romney's office number in Boston is 617/725-4005.

Thank you to all who have put so much time and effort into getting the bill onto the Governor’s desk. Now let’s get him to correct the wrong that was done by the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles and give us back our Chapter 90 books!

Work safe!

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Posted by: Delta784

Any word on which way Romney is leaning?

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Posted by: Sgt_110

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Originally Posted by Delta784 Any word on which way Romney is leaning?

Hard to say, some feel that when he sees that it's for CAMPUS police he may veto it. I have been told by several sourses that SPAM, MPA, EOPS, various Sheriffs departments and the BHE were OK with it. However, these same sourses also say that the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association have a hardon against it!

Will the Governor sign it - or - veto it? It's real horserace, that's for sure.

End of it all is this...As we await the outcome, we all need to make those calls to Governor Romney's office. The office's number in Boston is 617/725-4005.

Work safe,

Rich

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Posted by: mpd61

I called today and "jeff" took my name, where I worked and thanked me for calling the Gov!
Hope the rest of you darn kids called today!

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Posted by: mpd61

Romney signed it! ITS A DONE DEAL!

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Posted by: DoD102

why does it not surprise me that Mass Chiefs has a hardon for that bill. They have a hardon for everything!

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Posted by: Sgt_110

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Originally Posted by mpd61 Romney signed it! ITS A DONE DEAL!

He signed it without a fight!?...good deal, I'm just suprized.
As a lot of people stated, the word "Campus" was the one that we all thought would scare him away.

Thank you to all who worked so hard to get this bill across and signed.

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Posted by: Sgt_110

Greetings all

Here is the legislative history of bill number 2132

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Senate, No. 2132
Bill relative to certain motor vehicle violations
06/27/05 S Reported from the committee on Higher Education
06/27/05 S New draft of S767, S775 and S776
06/27/05 S Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means -SJ 497
08/04/05 S Committee recommended ought to pass
08/04/05 S Referred to the committee on Senate Ethics and Rules -SJs 744-745
09/19/05 S Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
09/19/05 S Rules suspended
09/19/05 S Read second and ordered to a third reading -SJ 813
09/20/05 S Read third
09/20/05 S Amendment adopted
09/20/05 S Amendment adopted
09/20/05 S Passed to be engrossed -SJs 819-820
09/22/05 H Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means -HJ 655 01/31/06 H Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling -HJ 1167
02/13/06 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading -HJ 1197
02/15/06 H Read second and ordered to a third reading -HJ 1203
02/16/06 H Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed -HJ 1212 02/21/06 H Enacted -HJ 1216
03/08/06 S Postponed to Wednesday, March 22 -SJ 1549
03/22/06 S Motion to lay on the table pending and postponed to the next session -SJ 1588
03/29/06 S Postponed to Tuesday, April 4, 2006 -SJ 1617
04/04/06 S Motion to lay on the table withdrawn
04/04/06 S Rules suspended
04/04/06 S Amendment (Lees) pending
04/04/06 S Postponed to Wednesday, April 26, 2006 -SJs 1640-1641
05/04/06 S Postponed to Thursday, May 11 -SJs 1691-1692
05/11/06 S Further amendment (Pacheco) to pending amendment (Lees) adopted 05/11/06 S Pending amendment adopted, as amended -SJs 1725-1726
06/15/06 H Rules suspended
06/15/06 H House concurred in the Senate amendment -HJs 1771-1772
06/19/06 H Again enacted -HJ 1778
06/20/06 S Rules suspended
06/20/06 S Amendment adopted
06/22/06 H Rules suspended
06/22/06 H House concurred
06/22/06 H Again enacted
06/22/06 S Enacted and laid before the Governor
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06/30/06 G Signed by the Governor, Chapter 134 of the Acts of 2006
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Work safe,

Rich

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Posted by: 209

Chapter 134 of the Acts of 2006

AN ACT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS.

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 22 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 51, lines 64 and 65, and in line 68, the words “or country” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- , country or jurisdiction.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 90C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Police chief" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-
“Police chief”, the chief or the head of the organized police department of a city or town, the commissioner of public safety, the colonel of state police, the state superintendent of buildings, the chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, a person appointed by the trustees of the University of Massachusetts as chief of the police officers appointed under section 32A of chapter 75, a person appointed by the trustees at each of the commonwealth's state and community colleges as chief of the police officers appointed under section 22 of chapter 15A, persons designated by the commissioner of mental health at each institution of the department of mental health, or by the commissioner of mental retardation at each institution of the department of mental retardation as the chief of the special police officers appointed under section 59 of chapter 22C, or the chief of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police department.

SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 90C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the definition of "Police officer" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-
“Police officer”, any officer, other than an investigator or examiner of the transportation division of the department of telecommunications and energy, authorized to make arrests or serve criminal process, any person appointed by the registrar under section 29 of chapter 90, any person appointed by the trustees of the University of Massachusetts under section 32A of chapter 75, any person appointed by the trustees at each of the commonwealth's state and community colleges under section 22 of chapter 15A, and any person appointed by the colonel of state police under section 59 of chapter 22C.

SECTION 3A. Section 2 of said chapter 90C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following 2 paragraphs:-
Each police chief appointed by the trustees of the commonwealth’s state and community colleges under section 22 of chapter 15A shall certify to the registrar, on or before January first of each year, that:
(a) the police officers appointed by the trustees at the state or community college have been issued a current first aid/CPR certificate;
(b)(i)(A) 51 per cent of such police officers have completed either the basic full-time recruit academy operated or certified by the municipal police training committee or the campus police academy operated by the Massachusetts state police, or
(B) 51 per cent of the police officers have completed a basic reserve/intermittent police officer training course approved by the municipal police training committee and have had at least 5 years experience issuing citations pursuant to this chapter; and
(ii) the remaining 49 per cent of police officers have completed a minimum of a basic reserve/intermittent police officer training course approved by the municipal police training committee;
(c) such officers have completed annual in-service training of no less than 40 hours;
(d) such officers meet the same firearms qualification standards as set from time to time by the municipal police training committee if such officers have been authorized by the board of trustees of the state or community college to carry firearms;
(e) the state or community college police department submits uniform crime reports to the FBI;
(f) a memorandum of understanding has been entered into with the police chief of the municipality wherein the state or community college is located outlining the policies and procedures for utilizing the municipality’s booking and lock-up facilities, fingerprinting and breathalyzer equipment if the state or community college police department does not provide booking and lock-up facilities, fingerprinting or breathalyzer equipment; and
(g) the state or community college police department has policies and procedures in place for use of force, pursuit, arrest, search and seizure, racial profiling and motor vehicle law enforcement.
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, nothing in this section shall limit the authority granted to the police chiefs and police officers at the state and community colleges under said section 22 of said chapter 15A or section 18 of chapter 73.

SECTION 3B. Said chapter 90C is hereby further amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-
Section 2A. The authority for police officers appointed by the trustees of the commonwealth’s state and community colleges under section 22 of chapter 15A to issue citations under this chapter shall be limited to the issuance of citations for violations occurring on the property of state and community colleges. Separate record-keeping and data collection, including, but not limited to, racial or gender profiling data collection and analysis required under chapter 228 of the acts of 2000, shall be performed by such campus police departments, separate from those conducted by any municipal police department or the state police.

SECTION 4. Section 2 of chapter 228 of the acts of 2000 is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words “officers in” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- officers, including all police officers as defined under section 1 of chapter 90C of the General Laws, in.

SECTION 5. Section 3 of said chapter 228 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “officers”, in line 3, the following words:- , including all police officers as defined under section 1 of chapter 90C of the General Laws.

SECTION 6. Section 6 of said chapter 228 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words “officers on” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- officers, and all other police officers, as defined under section 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, on.

SECTION 7. Section 10 of said chapter 228 is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-The executive office of public safety shall, in consultation with the attorney general, if such data suggest that a state police barracks or a municipal, college, university or other educational institution or hospital police department appears to have engaged in racial or gender profiling, require such barracks or department to collect information on all traffic stops for a period of 1 year, including those not resulting in a warning, citation or arrest.

SECTION 8. Said section 10 of said chapter 228 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 14, the words “or the municipality” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , the municipality, college, university or other educational institution or hospital.

Approved June 30, 2006.

Return to:
List of Laws passed in 2006 Session
General Court home page, or
Commonwealth of Massachusetts home page.

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Posted by: texdep

So this only covers state schools.

The private schools are still out in the "cold" so to speak??????

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Posted by: trel

http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw06/sl060134.htm

Here is the link to changes in the law.

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