Bill Text: MA H3191 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: That the Registrar of Motor Vehicles be directed to issue distinctive motor vehicle plates for active and retired fire fighters and certain surviving family members
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 7/23 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B2 [H3191 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3191-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven J. D'Amico
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing for a distinctive registration plate for firefighters.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Steven J. D'Amico |
4th Bristol |
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Joan M. Menard |
First Bristol and Plymouth |
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Patricia A. Haddad |
5th Bristol |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Geraldine Creedon |
11th Plymouth |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act providing for a distinctive registration plate for firefighters.
Be it
enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The registrar shall furnish to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are active members, members retired in good standing, or the immediate family member of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, distinctive registration plates which shall display on their face a design indicating their status as firefighters. No such plate shall be issued or renewed until proper certification has been made to the registrar by the chief of the fire department in which the applicant serves. There shall be a $10 fee for said plate in addition to the established registration fee for passenger motor vehicles which shall be transferred to the Massachusetts Firefighters Academy Trust Fund pursuant to section 165A of chapter 6.
SECTION 2. In a state of emergency, any active member of a fire department driving a vehicle bearing the distinctive registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to travel upon the highways of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by the Commonwealth or any municipality, in accordance with their official duties.
