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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 800         FILED ON: 1/15/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3132

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

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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:

An Act exempting certain elderly persons from paying tolls..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 800        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3132

By Ms. Reinstein of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3132) of Kathi-Anne Reinstein that the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority be prohibited from charging tolls to certain persons seventy years of age or older.  Transportation. 

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
                                HOUSE
                            , NO. 939 OF 2011-2012.]


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

 

An Act exempting certain elderly persons from paying tolls..
 

              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. Subsection (a) of section 10 of chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:— The authority shall not charge or collect a toll for transit over the turnpike and the different parts and sections thereof by private passenger vehicles registered to persons 70 years of age or older. The authority shall issue passes or stickers to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.

              SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of section 10 of chapter 81A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:— The authority shall not charge or collect a toll for transit through the Callahan Tunnel, the Sumner Tunnel or the Ted Williams Tunnel by private passenger vehicles registered to persons 70 years of age or older. The authority shall issue passes or stickers to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
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