HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2561        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3102

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul W. Mark

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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 for a distinctive registration plate for firefighters.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

 

Benjamin B. Downing

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/28/2013

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2013

Christine E. Canavan

10th Plymouth

1/29/2013

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

1/31/2013

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/22/2013

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/30/2013

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/23/2013

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/28/2013

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/30/2013

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

1/24/2013

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/25/2013

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

2/1/2013

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/29/2013

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/29/2013

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/29/2013

Stephen Kulik

1st Franklin

1/30/2013

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/30/2013

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/25/2013

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2013

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2013

Cleon H. Turner

1st Barnstable

1/25/2013

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

2/1/2013


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2561        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3102

By Mr. Mark of Peru, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3102) of Paul W. Mark and others for legislation to authorize the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to issue distinctive registration plates for fire fighters.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act providing for a distinctive registration plate for firefighters.

 

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 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- 

The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are members in good standing of a fire department within the Commonwealth of the Massachusetts or to the surviving spouse of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, a distinctive registration plate which shall display on their face a design indicating their status as firefighters. No such plate shall be issued or renewed until proper certification has been made to the registrar by the chief of the fire department in which the applicant serves. There shall be a $10 fee for the plate in addition to the established registration fee for passenger motor vehicles which shall be transferred to the Massachusetts Firefighters Academy Trust Fund established under section 165A of chapter 6.