Bill Text: MA H773 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Enforcement of environmental boating regulations and penalties for violations thereof
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H773 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H773-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen Kulik
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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 relative to certain environmental boating regulations and penalties.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Stephen Kulik |
1st Franklin |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3831 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 certain environmental boating regulations and
penalties.
��������������� 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 eleven of chapter ninety B of the
General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by
inserting the following paragraph:�
(p) Adopt rules and regulations governing commercial whitewater rafting on the
rivers and streams of the commonwealth.
SECTION 2. Section fourteen of chapter ninety B of the
General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:�
(d) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this section, whoever violates
any rule or regulation of the director promulgated under authority of section
eleven shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
SECTION 3. Section ten H of chapter twenty-one A, as so
appearing, is hereby amended by striking out lines 14-17 and inserting in place
thereof the following new paragraph:�
A person notified to appear before the clerk of a district court as provided in
section ten G for violation of subsections (b), (c) and (e) of section eight,
section nine A or eleven of chapter ninety B, or the rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to section eleven, may so appear within the time specified
and pay a fine of one hundred dollars.
