SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1923        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1961

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Freezing the Tolls..

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. Section 4 sub-paragraph (i) of Chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 34 and 35, the words "to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over the turnpike" inserting in place thereof the following: -to charge and collect tolls for transit over the turnpike; said tolls shall be fixed at the rates in place on January 1, 2008.

SECTION 2. Section 4 sub-paragraph (j) of Chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 44 and 45, the words "to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over the metropolitan highway system;" and inserting in place thereof the following: -to charge and collect tolls for transit over the metropolitan highway system; said tolls shall be fixed at the rates in place on January 1, 2008.

SECTION 3. Section 10 of said Chapter 81A is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking in line 2 the words "and from time to time fix and revise".

SECTION 4. Section 10 of said Chapter 81A is further amended in subsection (b) by striking in lines 36 and 37 the words "and from time to time fix and revise".

SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any general special law to the contrary tolls collected for transit over the Tobin Memorial Bridge, owned and operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority shall be fixed at the rates in place on January 1, 2008.