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Committee hears request to formalize Dukes County regional lockup funding in H.2314
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony supporting H.2314 to establish a Dukes County Regional Lockup Fund; supporters said the Sheriff’s lockup on Martha’s Vineyard is the island’s sole holding facility and that local contributions, not state funds, would be used to sustain it.
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government took testimony on H.2314, an act to establish a Dukes County Regional Lockup Fund, with supporters urging the Legislature to memorialize and facilitate a regional funding mechanism for Martha’s Vineyard’s only police lockup.
Representative Patrick Lewis introduced the hearing item and Representative (speaker identified as) Rep. Mokely presented the bill and invited Sheriff Robert Ogden of Dukes County to speak. “This is a bill … establishing the Dukes County…
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