HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1612        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2979

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James J. Dwyer

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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 exempting Veterans from the standard registration fee for Veterans license plates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

12/11/2019

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

12/11/2019

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

12/11/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

12/11/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

12/11/2019

Walter F. Timilty

7th Norfolk

12/11/2019

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester

12/11/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

12/11/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

12/11/2019

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

12/11/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

12/11/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

12/11/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

12/11/2019

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

12/11/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

12/11/2019

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

12/11/2019

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

12/11/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

12/11/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1612        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2979

By Mr. Dwyer of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2979) of James J. Dwyer and others relative to exempting veterans from the standard registration fee for veterans license plates.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act exempting Veterans from the standard registration fee for Veterans license plates.

 

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 Generals Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after line 539, the following new paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles who are veterans, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4 and upon presentation of evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, distinctive registration plates bearing on the left side the word "VETERAN''. The registrar shall waive the initial registration fee of $60 and for each subsequent renewal. There shall be an annual $40 fee for such "VETERAN'' plates to be used in the Chelsea and Holyoke soldiers homes. For the purposes of this paragraph, the word "motorcycles'' shall not include motorized bicycles.