Legal Opinion
Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 11, 1982PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1202To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit their answers to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on March 29, 1982, and transmitted to this court on April 13, 1982, respecting a constitutional amendment proposed by initiative petition and subsequently amended by the Legislature. The order is as follows:
“Ordered, That
“Whereas, Under the provisions of Article XLVIII of the amendments to the constitution there was transmitted to the general court by the state secretary on April 24th, 1980,…
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