HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2529        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3040

 

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

1/16/2015

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

12/12/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

12/12/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/22/2015

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

12/12/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/1/2015

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

1/26/2015

Leah Cole

12th Essex

2/1/2015

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/4/2015

Benjamin B. Downing

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

2/4/2015

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/25/2015

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

2/3/2015

Thomas P. Kennedy

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/31/2015

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/23/2015

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/31/2015

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/28/2015

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/23/2015

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/25/2015

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/2/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

1/29/2015

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/2/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2529        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3040

By Mr. Mark of Peru, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3040) of Paul W. Mark and others for legislation to authorize the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to issue distinctive registration plates for firefighters.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3102 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 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.