HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3724        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3169

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John C. Velis and Aaron Vega

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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 relative to Purple Heart registration plates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

1/18/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/18/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/21/2019

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

1/31/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/20/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/24/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/24/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/1/2019

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

1/30/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/21/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/31/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/29/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/29/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/30/2019

Norman J. Orrall

12th Bristol

1/30/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/24/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/25/2019

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2019

Michael J. Soter

8th Worcester

1/30/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/23/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/29/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/22/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/23/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3724        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3169

By Messrs. Velis of Westfield and Vega of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3169) of John C. Velis, Aaron Vega and others relative to Purple Heart registration plates issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles.  Transportation.

 

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 relative to Purple Heart registration plates.

 

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 are hereby amended by removing the sixteenth paragraph and inserting in its place the following:-

The registrar shall furnish to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are veterans as defined in said clause Forty-third of said section seven of said chapter four who have been awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and upon evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, distinctive registration plates bearing the image of a Purple Heart Medal for any private passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle owned by such Purple Heart recipient. The first set of such registration plates issued to an eligible veteran must be furnished at no charge. The registrar may charge the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles for each additional set of such registration plates or emblems. A surviving spouse of a deceased recipient of the Purple Heart may elect to retain such distinctive registration plates for personal use upon payment of the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles and an additional annual twenty dollar fee until such time as such spouse remarries or fails to renew or cancels such registration.