Bill Text: MA H3349 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The operation of certain motor vehicles with snow and ice on its roof
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/1 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H3349 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3349-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cleon H. Turner
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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 motorist safety.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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John D. Keenan |
7th Essex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Richard T. Moore |
Worcester and Norfolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Cory Atkins |
14th Middlesex |
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Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. |
34th Middlesex |
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Theodore C. Speliotis |
13th Essex |
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Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. |
26th Middlesex |
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Thomas P. Conroy |
13th Middlesex |
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Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
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Barbara A. L'Italien |
18th Essex |
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John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
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James Dwyer |
30th 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 relative to motorist 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 1. Chapter 90 of the general laws shall be amended by adding after section 14B, the following new section:
Section 14C. No motor vehicle with a roof area larger than ten square feet shall be operated on the public roads with an accumulation of snow or ice on said roof if such accumulation is one quarter of an inch thick or greater. It shall be the responsibility of the vehicle owner as well as the operator to ensure the removal of accumulated snow and ice from a vehicle before the vehicle is operated on any public way.
An operator of a non-commercial vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars for each offense which does not cause personal injury or property damage and, five-hundred dollars for offenses resulting in personal injury or property damage.
An operator of a commercial vehicle who violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one-hundred dollars for each offense which does not cause personal injury or property damage and five-hundred dollars for offenses resulting in personal injury or property damage.
