Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 28, 1994PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To the Honorable the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The undersigned Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit their responses to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the House of Representatives on May 25, 1994, and transmitted to this court on that day. The order recites that Senate No. 311, a bill pending before the General Court, entitled “An Act for accountable politics,” in § 20 thereof, amends G. L. c. 55 by adding a new § 6B. Subsection (6) of the proposed section establishes limits on the amount of total receipts a political…
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