SENATE DOCKET, NO. 360        FILED ON: 1/12/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2108

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jason M. Lewis, (BY REQUEST)

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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 exempting all disabled and handicapped drivers in Massachusetts from displaying decals or plates of being disabled.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 360        FILED ON: 1/12/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2108

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE [Refile Branch], NO.          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 exempting all disabled and handicapped drivers in Massachusetts from displaying decals or plates of being disabled.

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. Disabled and handicapped drivers should be exempted from street cleaning fines (between 8AM -12PM, the time for the street cleaning of whatever city of Massachusetts), their cars should not be towed, while they are on medical appointments, and they can prove per medical paperwork, that they were on medical appointments. Alternatively, Handicapped/Disabled drivers displaying HP decals or Plates, should be warned instead of arbitrarily and capriciously citing them and towing them.

Furthermore, they should be allowed 1 hour to get to their cars to drive to their destinations, after their medical appointments.