HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3137        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3789

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Certain Passengers on Motorcycles..

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

Section 13 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the sixth sentence the following 2 sentences:-

No child under the age of 5 years and no child weighing 40 pounds or less shall ride as a passenger on a motorcycle with a maximum speed in excess of 30 miles per hour.  A violation of the preceding sentence shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.