HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3074 FILED ON: 1/18/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3047
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Carolyn C. Dykema
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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 defining special regulations for vehicle specific checkpoints.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
Bradford Hill | 4th Essex |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
Thomas P. Conroy | 13th Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3074 FILED ON: 1/18/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3047
By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3047) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others relative to motor vehicle safety checkpoints. Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act defining special regulations for vehicle specific checkpoints.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 90 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following section after section 18A:-
"Section 18B. No motor vehicle checkpoint which targets a particular type of motor vehicle, decoration or adornment of the vehicle or rider, shall be conducted within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This section shall apply only to motor vehicle safety checkpoints targeting the general public who are being conveyed by a Motor Vehicle as defined in Chapter 90 Section 1, and shall not apply to any motor vehicle used as a public or common carrier of persons or property, or to any trackless trolley, semi-trailer, tandem unit, or low-speed motor vehicle as defined in Chapter 90 Section 1 for the purposes of conveying construction or commercial goods, or a motor vehicle which exceeds the dimensional or weight limits imposed by sections nineteen and nineteen A of this chapter or by sections thirty or thirty A of chapter eighty-five."
