Bill Text: MA H3350 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The operation of certain commercial vehicle with an accumulation of snow and ice
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/1 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H3350 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3350-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner
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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 motorist safety from commercial vehicles.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Louis L. Kafka |
8th Norfolk |
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John D. Keenan |
7th Essex |
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John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
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Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. |
34th Middlesex |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to motorist safety from commercial 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. Chapter 90 of the general laws shall be amended by adding after section 14B, the following new section:
Section 14C.�� No commercial motor vehicle shall be operated on public roads and no owner of such vehicle shall allow operation of such vehicle on a public road with an accumulation of snow or ice on the roof of such vehicle if the accumulation of such snow or ice or combination of snow and ice is one quarter of an inch thick or greater. It shall be the responsibility of the owner as well as the operator of such vehicle to ensure the removal of accumulated snow and ice from a vehicle before the vehicle is operated on any public road.
Commercial vehicle operators who violate any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one-hundred dollars for each offense which does not cause personal injury or property damage and five-hundred dollars for offenses resulting in personal injury or property damage.
