HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2190 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3643
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Denise Provost
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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 speed limits.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Denise Provost
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27th Middlesex
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
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26th Middlesex
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Charles A. Murphy
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21st Middlesex
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Elizabeth A. Malia
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11th Suffolk
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Patricia D. Jehlen
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Second Middlesex
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Jonathan Hecht
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29th Middlesex
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Martha M. Walz
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8th Suffolk
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Michael F. Rush
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10th Suffolk
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William N. Brownsberger
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24th Middlesex
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Frank I. Smizik
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15th Norfolk
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4635 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 speed limits.
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 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws,
as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following definition:-
“Urban district”, the territory contiguous to any functionally classified local road which is built up with structures devoted to business, or the territory
contiguous to any functionally classified local road where the dwelling houses are situated at such distances as will average less than 100 feet between them for a distance of an eighth of a mile or over.
SECTION 2.
Section 17 of said chapter 90, as so
appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 13, the words “or (4)” and inserting in place thereof the following:-
(4) inside an urban district at a rate of speed exceeding 25 miles per hour for a distance of one-eight of a mile, or (5).
