Bill Text: MA H3300 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: That the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority be prohibited from charging tolls to certain persons seventy years of age or older

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/15 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H3300 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3300-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act exempting certain elderly persons from paying tolls.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3611 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act exempting certain elderly persons from paying tolls.



��������������� 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. Subsection (a) of section 10 of chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:� The authority shall not charge or collect a toll for transit over the turnpike and the different parts and sections thereof by private passenger vehicles registered to persons 70 years of age or older. The authority shall issue passes or stickers to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.

SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of section 10 of chapter 81A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:� The authority shall not charge or collect a toll for transit through the Callahan Tunnel, the Sumner Tunnel or the Ted Williams Tunnel by private passenger vehicles registered to persons 70 years of age or older. The authority shall issue passes or stickers to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.

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