SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1555 FILED ON: 1/14/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1934
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas M. McGee
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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 to promote and and advance motorcycle safety.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Thomas M. McGee
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Third Essex and Middlesex
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Anthony D. Galluccio
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Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex
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Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
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12th Hampden
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Joyce A. Spiliotis
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12th Essex
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Michael R. Knapik
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Second Hampden and Hampshire
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Stephen M. Brewer
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Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
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Richard T. Moore
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Worcester and Norfolk
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Jeffrey Davis Perry
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5th Barnstable
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Anne M. Gobi
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5th Worcester
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Mark V. Falzone
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9th Essex
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John D. Keenan
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7th Essex
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Scott P. Brown
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Norfolk, Bristol and
Middlesex
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Todd M. Smola
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1st Hampden
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Christine E. Canavan
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10th Plymouth
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Robert F. Fennell
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10th Essex
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein
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16th Suffolk
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Robert L. Hedlund
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Plymouth and Norfolk
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Bruce E. Tarr
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First Essex and Middlesex
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Steven M. Walsh
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11th Essex
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Susan C.
Tucker
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Second Essex and Middlesex
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Donald F. Humason, Jr.
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4th Hampden
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Richard J. Ross
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9th Norfolk
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo
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1st Plymouth
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Demetrius J. Atsalis
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Second Barnstable
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Thomas A. Golden, Jr.
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16th Middlesex
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Louis L. Kafka
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8th Norfolk
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Michael F.
Rush
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10th Suffolk
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Thomas M. Stanley
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9th Middlesex
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to promote and and advance motorcycle safety.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the paragraph located from line 85 through
line 88 and adding in place thereof the following:
“Notwithstanding the first paragraph, five ($5.00) dollars from each annual motorcycle registration fee shall be held by the Registrar or by the person collecting the registration fee in a Registry ret
ained revenue account, solely for the purpose of promoting and advancing motorcycle safety. Of the total amount retained each year, twenty
percent (20%) shall be used to rebate, not less than one hundred fifty ($150.00) dollars of the cost of the Beginner
Rider Education course, as designated by the Registrar, to those, under twenty-one (21) years of age, who successfully complete the course.”
