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SJC-12472
SJC-12473
DONNA KELLY WILLIAMS & others3 vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another.4
and reported both cases to this court. In the first case, the
(2006) (Carney I), and therefore are related "within the meaning
of art. 48." See Hensley v. Attorney Gen., 474 Mass. 651, 672
was correct.
section.
would amend c. 111 of the General Laws. The act would create
the nurse works and the condition of the patients. For example,
Under the terms of the proposed act, the HPC "may conduct
per violation.
that will be printed in the summer of 2018. See art. 48, The
single justice reserved and reported the case to the full court.
Attorney Gen., 402 Mass. 438, 443 (1988). We address each issue
in turn.
Attorney Gen., 474 Mass. 675, 680 (2016); Abdow, 468 Mass. at
id. at 229.
231.
purpose.
Carney I, supra.
businesses from selling eggs, veal, and pork obtained from out-
are more closely related than the farm provision and the sales
Id. at 676.
499.
Mass. at 503.10
file annual reports of their financial assets with the HPC. The
limits.
true." Gray, 474 Mass. at 648, quoting Art. 48, The Initiative,
of art. 48.
to the people.'" Dunn, 474 Mass. at 682, quoting art. 48, The
17-07 does not take the proper form required by art. 48. For
unavailing.13
not conclude that the title here is, that alone would not render
matters under art. 48." Id. "[T]he pros and cons of the
petition does not lack the proper form solely because, at this
the desired legal effect will come if and when the measure is
of the proposed act would be fleshed out after its passage does
So ordered.