HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 138        FILED ON: 1/8/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1529

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

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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 establishing civil penalties for littering from a motor vehicle.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/8/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/24/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/29/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/28/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/29/2019

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/29/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

2/1/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 138        FILED ON: 1/8/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1529

By Mr. Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1529) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and others relative to civil penalties for the disposal of trash or garbage from motor vehicles.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4338 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act establishing civil penalties for littering from a motor vehicle.

 

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

Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 22G the following section:-

Section 22G1/2. No operator of a motor vehicle shall litter, or knowingly permit an occupant of their vehicle to litter, public or private property through the disposal of trash or garbage from said motor vehicle. A violation of this section shall be considered a civil motor vehicle infraction and shall be punishable by a civil citation issued pursuant to chapter 90C which shall include fine of $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second offense, and $500 for a third or subsequent offense. A civil citation issued pursuant to this section shall not be a surchargeable offense under section 113B of chapter 175.