HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4172        FILED ON: 12/14/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3852

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Alice K. Wolf

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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 providing the City of Cambridge with the authority to impose and increase certain motor vehicle fines in the City of Cambridge in order to improve driving.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Alice K. Wolf

25th Middlesex

12/14/2011

William N. Brownsberger

 

12/16/2011

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

12/16/2011

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

12/19/2011

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk

12/21/2011

David P. Maher

120 Appleton Street,  Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Sam Seidel

48 Maple Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139

 

Kenneth E. Reeves

340 Harvard Street Cambridge, MA 02139

 

Henrietta Davis

120 Chestnut Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

 

Leland Cheung

157 Garden St  Cambridge, MA 0213

 

Marjorie C. Decker

61 Walden Street, Cambridge, MA 02140

 

E. Denise Simmons

188 Harvard Street Cambridge, MA 02139

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4172        FILED ON: 12/14/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3852

By Ms. Wolf of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3852) of Alice K. Wolf and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Cambridge to impose and increase fines for certain traffic related violations in said city.  Transportation.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act providing the City of Cambridge with the authority to impose and increase certain motor vehicle fines in the City of Cambridge in order to improve driving.

 

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. Notwithstanding Section 11B of Chapter 85, Sections 9 and 11 of Chapter 89, and Section 18A of Chapter 90 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the City of Cambridge may impose and increase fines for certain violations of Chapters 85, 89, and 90, as set forth in Sections 2 through 5 herein.

SECTION 2. For violations of Section 11B of Chapter 85 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, the City of Cambridge may impose a fine of not more than $75 for violations of any provision of this section except violations of clause (iii) of subsection (2).

SECTION 3. For violations of Section 9 of Chapter 89 of the General Laws, as so appearing, the City of Cambridge may impose a fine of not more than $250 for each offense.

SECTION 4. For violations of Section 11 of Chapter 89 of the General Laws, as so appearing, the City of Cambridge may impose a fine of not more than $250 for each offense.

SECTION 5. For violations of Section 18A of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, the City of Cambridge may impose a fine of not more than $75.