HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3923        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3295

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act prohibiting cell phone use in school 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 1. Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after section 24P, the following section:-

24Q.No individual shall use a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle within a school zone. For the first violation of this law there shall be a $100 fine; for the second offense there shall be a fine of $200 and for the third and subsequent offenses there shall be a fine of $300.