SENATE DOCKET, NO. 672 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1726
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen M. Brewer
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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 standards for protective headgear for operators or passengers on motorcycles..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Stephen M. Brewer | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin |
David M. Torrisi | 14th Essex |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex |
Anne M. Gobi | 5th Worcester |
Joyce A. Spiliotis | 12th Essex |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
Shaunna O'Connell | 3rd Bristol |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
Michael R. Knapik |
[District]
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George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 672 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1726
By Mr. Brewer, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1726) of Stephen M. Brewer, David M. Torrisi, George N. Peterson, Jr., Marc T. Lombardo and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to standards for protective headgear for operators or passengers on motorcycles. Transportation. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
SENATE
, NO. 2017 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to standards for protective headgear for operators or passengers on motorcycles..
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: Section 7 of Chapter 90, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the entire sentence beginning with the word ?Every? in line 141 and ending with the words ?hear gear? in line 147.
SECTION 2: Section 7 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following new paragraph:
Every person operating a motorcycle or riding as a passenger on a motorcycle or in a sidecar attached to a motorcycle who is under the age of twenty-one years of age must wear protective headgear conforming with such minimum standards and construction as the Registrar may prescribe, and no person operating a motorcycle shall permit any other person under the age of twenty-one years of age to ride as a passenger on such motorcycle unless said passenger is wearing protective headgear.
