HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2340 FILED ON: 1/19/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2762
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susannah M. Whipps
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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 Red Star/Blue Star license plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who have died in the line of duty.
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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
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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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.