Bill Text: MA H3363 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Renaming the "Copley Station" and the "Science Park Station" by the Massachusetts Bay Transportaion Authority

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-19 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H3363 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3363-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Martha M. Walz

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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 MBTA's Copley and Science Park Stations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act relative to the MBTA's Copley and Science Park Stations.



                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 161A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 48 the following new section:-

Section 49. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall rename the “Copley Station”, so-called, the “Copley/Boston Public Library Station” or the “Copley/BPL Station and shall rename the “Science Park Station”, so-called, the “Science Park/West End Station.”  The Authority shall promptly replace all existing interior and exterior station name signage with signage that includes the expanded station name and shall update maps and other printed material with the expanded station names in the ordinary course of business.   

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