HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1406        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3038

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Elizabeth A. Malia

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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 speed limits.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/15/2015

Martin J. Walsh

Boston City Hall, 9th Floor Boston, MA

1/16/2015

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

12/12/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/26/2015

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/28/2015

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

1/28/2015

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

2/4/2015

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/2/2015

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

2/3/2015

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

12/12/2019

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

12/12/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

12/12/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

12/12/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1406        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3038

By Ms. Malia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3038) of Elizabeth A. Malia and others for legislation to establish reasonable and proper speed limits inside urban districts on public ways.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3100 OF 2013-2014.]

 

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 relative to speed limits.

 

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 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “combination”, in line 103 the following words:-

“Functionally classified local road”, a roadway classified by the Federal Highway Administration’s functional classification system guidelines at the lowest level of mobility by allowing access to abutting or adjacent land, serving local trip purposes and providing a connection to other ways.

SECTION 2. Said section 1 of chapter 90 , as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “estate”, in line 394 the following words:-

“Urban district”, the territory contiguous to any functionally classified local road which is built up with structures devoted to business, or the territory contiguous to any functionally classified local road where the dwelling houses are situated at such distances as will average less than 100 feet between them for a distance of an eighth of a mile or over.

SECTION 3. Section 17 of chapter 90 as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “business district”, in lines 7-8 the following words: -

other than an urban district

SECTION 4. Said section 17 of chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 13, the words “or (4)” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

(4) inside an urban district at a rate of speed exceeding 25 miles per hour for a distance of 50 yards, or (5).