Session Laws

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 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Routes of reasonable access" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

"Routes of reasonable access", routes of access between (1) the National Network as defined in section nineteen F and (2) terminals, specific business locations, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and points of loading and unloading for household goods carriers.

SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the definition of "Semi-trailer unit" the following definition:-

"Specific business locations", the locations of wholesale or retail business activities, including, without limitation, warehouses, which are within a travel distance of a mile and one-half of the nearest interchange with the National Network.

SECTION 3. Section 19G of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The operator of any terminal may apply to the department for, and the department may issue, a special permit designating a route of reasonable access for use by motor vehicles authorized to operate on the National Network under said section nineteen F, between the National Network and such terminal, and such permit may be subject to such conditions as the department may determine are necessary for promoting public safety and convenience. The operator of any terminal may apply to the department for, and the department may issue, a special permit designating a route of reasonable access for use by tandem units between the National Network and a specific business location as defined in section one, provided such terminal is more than five travel miles from the National Network interchange which is nearest to that specific business location, and such permit may be subject to such conditions as the department may determine are necessary for promoting public safety and convenience. The department may, from time to time, revoke any special permit issued under this section. In determining whether or not a proposed route of reasonable access to a terminal or specific business location should be so designated, the department shall consider the proximity of the terminal of the National Network; the physical dimensions and safety characteristics of the forty-eight foot semi-trailers and tandem units as each relates to the ways included in the proposed route, the current and projected traffic volumes and capacities of such ways, whether the terminal was established and operating prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and such other criteria as the department may determine necessary for promoting the public safety and convenience.