SENATE DOCKET, NO. 955        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2089

 

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


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 955        FILED ON: 1/16/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2089

By Ms. Gobi, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2089) of Anne M. Gobi for legislation to provide distinctive registration plates for certain veterans who participated in the testing of atomic weapons.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1924 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 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 1. Section 2 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after line 523, 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.