SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1380        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2150

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Dean A. Tran

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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 commissioning a study of ways to aid the Chapter 90 program.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Dean A. Tran

Worcester and Middlesex

 

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/30/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1380        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2150

By Mr. Tran, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2150) of Dean A. Tran and Joseph D. McKenna for legislation to commission a study of ways to aid the Chapter 90 program.  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 commissioning a study of ways to aid the Chapter 90 program.

 

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall hereby be established a special commission to study the effectiveness and proper implementation of a tax on electric vehicles for the use of supplementing the Chapter 90 Program. The commission shall study and report on topics including but not limited to the following: (i) an appropriate amount for said tax that would take into account the risk that said tax could dissuade consumers from purchasing or using electric vehicles, (ii) the estimated amount of funding that would be generated by such a tax, (iii) the potential benefits municipalities would receive from the implementation of said tax, and (iv) recommended ways for implementing said tax.

The commission shall submit its findings and recommendations to the clerks of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Joint Committee on Transportation, the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government and the Secretary of the Department of Transportation not later than one year after the effective date of this act.