SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2219        FILED ON: 9/2/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2080

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Anne M. Gobi

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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 distinctive registration plates for certain veterans who participated in the testing of atomic weapons.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

 

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

9/8/2015

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

9/8/2015

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

9/8/2015

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

9/8/2015

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

9/8/2015

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

9/8/2015

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

9/14/2015

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

9/14/2015

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

9/14/2015

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

9/14/2015

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

9/14/2015

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

9/14/2015

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

9/18/2015

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

10/7/2015


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2219        FILED ON: 9/2/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2080

By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2080) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Anne M. Gobi, Todd M. Smola, Linda Dean Campbell, Gailanne M. Cariddi and other members of the General Court for legislation to provide distinctive registration plates for certain veterans who participated in the testing of atomic weapons.  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 providing for distinctive registration plates for certain veterans who participated in the testing of atomic weapons.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after line 486, the following paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish without charge to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are veterans who participated in the early testing of atomic weapons, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the registrar, distinctive registration plates for one private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by such veteran or a distinctive emblem to be affixed to a "VETERAN" registration plate for a motorcycle owned and principally used by such veteran.  The surviving spouse of a deceased veteran under this paragraph may elect to retain the distinctive registration plates or emblem for personal use upon payment of the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles and an additional $20 fee until such time as the spouse remarries, fails to renew or cancels the registration.