[Text of section effective until December 31, 2020. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71.]
Section 2. The chief justice of the superior court department shall, upon granting an application, receive recommendations from the attorney general as to the county in which the statewide grand jury shall sit. Upon receiving the attorney general's recommendations, the chief justice shall choose 1 of those recommended locations as the site where the grand jury shall sit. Once a county has been selected, the chief justice shall direct the regional justice from the county selected to appoint, and reappoint as necessary, a superior court justice to preside over the statewide grand jury.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Title II - Proceedings in Criminal Cases
Chapter 277b - Statewide Grand Jury
Section 1 - Authority to Convene Statewide Grand Jury
Section 3 - Nature and Scope of Investigation
Section 4 - Manner of Drawing and Selecting Specially-Empaneled Statewide Grand Jury
Section 5 - Period During Which Statewide Grand Jury May Sit
Section 6 - Powers and Duties of Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General
Section 7 - County in Which Indictment to Be Returned; Venue
Section 8 - Effect on Jurisdiction of County Grand Jury or District Attorney