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

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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

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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.”