Bill Text: MA H3254 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The maintenance of the toll discount program of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/15 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H3254 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3254-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kay Khan
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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 relative to the maintenance of the Mass. Turnpike Authority's toll discount program.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3540 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the maintenance of the Mass. Turnpike
Authority's toll discount program.
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. Chapter 10 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after Section 63 the following section:-
Section 63A. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Metropolitan Highway System Toll Mitigation Fund for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority toll discount program as established by the authority’s board of directors on June 28, 2002.
Notwithstanding any general or special law or contract to the contrary, a portion of any sums owed to the commonwealth and recovered pursuant to section 83 of chapter 4 of the Acts of 2003 shall be deposited in the fund. The portion to be credited to the fund pursuant to this section shall be the amount required to fully fund the toll discount program until such time as tolls shall be no longer collected.
SECTION 2. Section 83 of Chapter 4 of the acts of 2003 is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c).
