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:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section eleven B of chapter eighty-five of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the city of Boston is hereby authorized to adopt ordinances providing for the licensing of commercial bicycle messengers and the registration of commercial messenger bicycle services. For the purpose of this act, "commercial bicycle messenger service" shall mean any individual, firm, association, corporation, partnership, or joint venture whose primary business includes the local pick-up, transport, and delivery of any article by bicycle, and "commercial bicycle messenger" shall mean any person compensated for using a bicycle to carry or transport any article over the public ways in the city of Boston.