HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3639 FILED ON: 3/21/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4059
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner, (BY REQUEST)
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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 RELATIVE TO HANDICAPPED PARKING.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
William B. Saint | 212 Upper County Rd. Unit 1B
Dennisport, MA 02639 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3639 FILED ON: 3/21/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4059
By Mr. Turner of Dennis (by request), a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of William B. Saint relative to handicapped parking in municipal parking facilities. Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
AN ACT RELATIVE TO HANDICAPPED PARKING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
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. Chapter 40 of the general laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after section 22G a new section 22H, “No municipality shall charge a fee and no penalty shall be imposed for the parking of any vehicle owned and driven by a disabled veteran or by a handicapped person and bearing the distinctive number plates authorized by section 2 of chapter 90, or for any vehicle transporting a handicapped person and displaying the special parking identification plate authorized by section 2 of chapter 90, or for any vehicle bearing the official identification of a handicapped person issued by any other state or any Canadian providence parked at a municipally owned parking meter, on street, in a municipal parking lot, or within a municipally owned parking garage.”
