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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 relative to tolls on the Tobin/Mystic River Bridge and Sumner Tunnel.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 798        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3634 OF 2011-2012.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to tolls on the Tobin/Mystic River Bridge and Sumner Tunnel.

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 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Chelsea”, in line X, the following words:- , the city of Revere.

SECTION 2.  Subsection (b) of said chapter 13 of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:--  The department shall establish a zone-based toll discount program for account holders who: (i) participate in the department’s  electronic toll collection system, and (ii) are residents in municipalities north of the city of Boston that are located adjacent to U.S. Route 1; the program shall provided discounted tolls for private passenger vehicles  for transit through the Sumner tunnel and the Ted Williams tunnel and over the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge based upon each municipality’s proximity to those toll collection sites.