Bill Text: MA H728 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Require that certain taxicabs be hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-06 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H728 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H728-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Barry R. Finegold
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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 the use of green taxicabs.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Barry R. Finegold |
17th Essex |
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Frank I. Smizik |
15th Norfolk |
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Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Marc R. Pacheco |
First Plymouth and Bristol |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to promote the use of green taxicabs.
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 21A of the General Laws as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is
hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 3F. The commissioner shall establish a list annually updated to rank
vehicles sold within the Commonwealth based on a vehicle's fuel mileage rating
as established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency relative to
other vehicles within its passenger seating class.
SECTION 2. Section 22 of chapter 40 of the General Laws as so appearing is hereby amended by adding the following two paragraphs:-
Every metered taxicab licensed under this section shall be a hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90 of the general laws, or shall be a vehicle which is included in the top 10% of the list established by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs which ranks vehicles sold within the Commonwealth based on a vehicle’s fuel mileage rating. No vehicle which is less than 60 percent as efficient, for 2 to 4 and 5-passenger vehicles, and 70 percent as efficient, for 6-passenger and more vehicles, as the best vehicle in its respective class may be used. Any vehicle which is purchased in accordance with this list may be used for the life of the vehicle as a taxicab, as determined by the governing municipality.
Every metered taxicab licensed under this section shall use a global positioning system.
SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act shall take effect on January 1, 2016.
