SECTION 1. Chapter 93 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:— Section 107. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall intentionally release, organize the release or intentionally cause to released within a twenty-four hour period, ten or more balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air, except for: (1) balloons released by a person on behalf of a governmental agency or pursuant to a governmental contract for scientific or meteorological purposes; (2) hot air balloons that are covered after launching; or (3) balloons released indoors.(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) shall be liable for a civil penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July first, two thousand and nine.
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