{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-231-85bb","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 85BB","heading":"False claim of hours worked knowingly submitted by law enforcement officer","body":"Section 85BB. (a) A law enforcement officer, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E, who knowingly submits to a state agency, state authority, city, town or agency, as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 6E, a false or fraudulent claim of hours worked for payment and receives payment therefor or knowingly makes, uses or causes to be made or used a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim of hours worked for payment that results in a law enforcement officer receiving payment therefor or any person who conspires to commit a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of 3 times the amount of the fraudulent wages paid or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 231"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter231/Section85BB","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:53Z","sha256":"c794158368961af9b9abeead44851a0315134556554003fd14e024345bfa9a3d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-231-85aa","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-231-86"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}