Bill Text: MA H3347 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to the use of headlights on motor vehicles
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/1 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H3347 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3347-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
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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 use of headlights on motor vehicles.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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James H. Fagan |
3rd Bristol |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3659 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 use of headlights on motor vehicles.
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 15 of chapter 85 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in
the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out lines 1 through 4
and inserting in place thereof the following:—
“Section 15. Every vehicle, whether stationary or in motion, on any public way,
shall have attached to it a light or lights (i.e., headlight(s) and
taillight(s)) which shall be turned on by the vehicle operator so displayed as
to be visible from the front and rear during the period of one half-hour after
sunset to one half-hour before sunrise; provided, such lamps shall be turned on
by the vehicle operator at all other times when, due to insufficient light or
unfavorable atmospheric conditions, visibility is reduced such that persons or
vehicles on the roadway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five
hundred feet, or the vehicle’s windshield wipers are needed.”
