Chapter 277B

Section 1. Upon written application of the attorney general to the chief justice of the superior court department, with good cause stated therein, the chief justice may authorize the convening of a statewide grand jury with jurisdiction extending throughout the commonwealth.

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 just…

Section 3. The superior court justice appointed to preside over the grand jury shall consult with the attorney general and district attorney for the relevant district about the nature and scope of the investigation and shall thereafter designate and authorize an existing county g…

Section 4. A specially-empaneled statewide grand jury shall be drawn and selected in the same manner as the county grand jury in the county in which the specially-empaneled statewide grand jury is to sit. A specially-empaneled statewide grand jury may, at the discretion of the pr…

Section 5. A specially-empaneled statewide grand jury convened pursuant to this chapter shall sit for a period not to exceed 18 months. The superior court justice presiding over the statewide grand jury may extend that period if, in accordance with section 41 of chapter 234A and …

Section 6. The attorney general or an assistant attorney general shall attend each session of a statewide grand jury and may prosecute any indictment returned by it. The attorney general or assistant attorney general shall have the same powers and duties in relation to a statewid…

Section 7. Indictments shall be returned in the county wherein the statewide grand jury sits and shall thereafter be transferred to the county specified by the statewide grand jury on the indictment. For the purposes of trial for offenses indicted by a statewide grand jury, venue…

Section 8. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the jurisdiction of county grand juries or district attorneys. Except as otherwise provided by law, an investigation by a statewide grand jury shall not preempt an investigation by any other grand jury or agency having jurisdiction o…