AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR SPEED LIMIT VIOLATIONS IN MARKED CONSTRUCTION ZONES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 17 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the following sentence:- Any person in violation of this section, while operating a motor vehicle through the parameters of a marked construction zone or construction area, at a speed which exceeds the posted limit, or at a speed that is greater than is reasonable and proper, shall be subject to a fine of 2 times the amount currently in effect for the violation issued.