Bill Text: MA S1934 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Promote and and advance motorcycle safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-03 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S1934 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1934-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas M. McGee

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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 and and advance motorcycle safety.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex and Middlesex

Anthony D. Galluccio

Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

Joyce A. Spiliotis

12th Essex

Michael R. Knapik

Second Hampden and Hampshire

Stephen M. Brewer

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin

Richard T. Moore

Worcester and Norfolk

Jeffrey Davis Perry

5th Barnstable

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

Mark V. Falzone

9th Essex

John D. Keenan

7th Essex

Scott P. Brown

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

Christine E. Canavan

10th Plymouth

Robert F. Fennell

10th Essex

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Steven M. Walsh

11th Essex

Susan C. Tucker

Second Essex and Middlesex

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

4th Hampden

Richard J. Ross

9th Norfolk

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

1st Plymouth

Demetrius J. Atsalis

Second Barnstable

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

Michael F. Rush

10th Suffolk

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act to promote and and advance motorcycle 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 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the paragraph located from line 85 through line 88 and adding in place thereof the following: “Notwithstanding the first paragraph, five ($5.00) dollars from each annual motorcycle registration fee shall be held by the Registrar or by the person collecting the registration fee in a Registry retained revenue account, solely for the purpose of promoting and advancing motorcycle safety.  Of the total amount retained each year, twenty percent (20%) shall be used to rebate, not less than one hundred fifty ($150.00) dollars of the cost of the Beginner Rider Education course, as designated by the Registrar, to those, under twenty-one (21) years of age, who successfully complete the course.”

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