HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2340        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2762

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Susannah M. Whipps

_________________

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 Red Star/Blue Star license plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who have died in the line of duty.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/19/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

10/1/2018

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

10/1/2018

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

10/1/2018

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

10/1/2018

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

10/1/2018

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

10/1/2018

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

10/1/2018

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

10/1/2018

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

10/1/2018


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2340        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2762

By Mrs. Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2762) of Susannah M. Whipps and others for legislation to provide Red Star/Blue Star license plates to survivors of firefighters and police officers who died in the line of duty.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

_______________

 

An Act providing for a Red Star/Blue Star license plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who have died in the line of duty.

 

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, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph twenty, the following paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish without charge to the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle who is a parent, child, sibling, grandchild or spouse of a paid professional firefighter or police officer who has died in the line-of-duty, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the registrar, a distinctive license plate bearing a red star or blue star or a design approved by the Registrar.