HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1339        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1810

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Benjamin Swan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to a violence prevention education license plate..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

1/20/2011

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

2/3/2011

James B. Eldridge

 

2/3/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1339        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1810

By Mr. Benjamin Swan of Springfield, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 01810) of James Eldridge and others that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles be authorized to issue distinctive motor vehicle plates indicating support for violence prevention education. Joint Committee on Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3342 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to a violence prevention education license plate..

 

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 203 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after line (4) the following paragraph:—      (4A) To provide violence prevention education for children in kindergarten through grade eight with monies deposited in the department of education from the sale of distinctive number plates.

            SECTION 2. Section 3 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 122 of chapter 204  is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:—

            The registrar shall furnish to the owners of private passenger vehicles distinctive number plates which shall display on the face of said plate a design indicating support for violence prevention education. There shall be a forty dollar fee for said plate in addition to the established registration fee for passenger motor vehicles; the portion of said fee remaining after deduction of costs directly attributable to issuing said plate shall be passed over to the department of education for the purposes of paragraph (4A) of section two hundred and three of chapter six.