HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1751        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3174

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel B. Winslow

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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 to enhance Chapter 90 funding of local road construction.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel B. Winslow

9th Norfolk

1/17/2013


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1751        FILED ON: 1/17/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3174

By Mr. Winslow of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3174) of Daniel B. Winslow for legislation to prohibit mandates on cities and towns by the Department of Transportation to construct or reconstruct public ways which exceed local speed limits.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act to enhance Chapter 90 funding of local road construction.

 

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 3 of Chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in order to promulgate efficiency and cost-savings, the department shall not, whether as a condition of state funding or otherwise, require any city or town to construct or reconstruct any public way with a design speed that exceeds the posted speed that shall be assigned to that public way by the city or town upon completion of construction or reconstruction.