HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3424        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1786

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to Amend the Jaywalking Statue..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 18A of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the last sentence of the first paragraph and inserting in its place the following:-

“Whoever violates any provision of any such rule shall be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for the first, second, or third offense committed by such person within the jurisdiction of the district court in the particular calendar year, and by a fine of fifty dollars for the fourth and subsequent such offense so committed in such calendar year.”