HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 939        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1304

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to overweight vehicles..

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.  The sixth paragraph of section 19A of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- 

In a case where it is impossible for the owner or operator of the overweight vehicle to determine the weight of the load, there shall be no prosecution.