HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 339        FILED ON: 1/14/2011

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

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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 eliminating transit fares for certain members of the armed services and their dependents..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

16th Suffolk

1/14/2011

Thomas P. Kennedy

 

2/1/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 339        FILED ON: 1/14/2011

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By Ms. Kathi-Anne Reinstein of Revere, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00938) of Thomas Kennedy and Kathi-Anne Reinstein relative to eliminating transit fares for certain members of the armed forces and their dependents. Joint Committee on Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3299 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act eliminating transit fares for certain members of the armed services and their dependents..

 

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

No public transportation authority shall charge a fare for any member of the armed services or any dependent of such member while such member is on active service during the duration of America’s War on Terrorism. Each such authority shall establish rules and procedures to carry out the purposes of this act.