HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1022        FILED ON: 2/1/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1720

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kathleen R. LaNatra

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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 increasing penalties for hit and runs with recreational vehicles in the Commonwealth to be known as the James Ward Act.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/19/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/11/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/22/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

2/24/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/26/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

5/26/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1022        FILED ON: 2/1/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1720

By Mrs. LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1720) of Kathleen R. LaNatra and others relative to increasing penalties for hit and run with a recreational vehicle.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act increasing penalties for hit and runs with recreational vehicles in the Commonwealth to be known as the James Ward Act.

 

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 26B of Chapter 90B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the words “shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000” found in lines 17 through 18 and replacing them as follows: — person not resulting in the death of any person, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year or both such fine and imprisonment.

SECTION 2. Section 26B of Chapter 90B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the third paragraph, the following paragraph: — Whoever operates a snow vehicle or a recreation vehicle and, without stopping and making known his name, address and the registration number of his snow vehicle or recreation vehicle, goes away to avoid prosecution or evade apprehension after knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing bodily injury to any person shall, if the injuries result in the death of a person, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or both such fine and imprisonment.