HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 517        FILED ON: 1/25/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2543

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Whelan and James K. Hawkins

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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 primary enforcement of seatbelt violations.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/25/2021

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/25/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/27/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/27/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

1/27/2021

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/27/2021

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

2/1/2021

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

2/1/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/5/2021

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/24/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

5/5/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 517        FILED ON: 1/25/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2543

By Messrs. Whelan of Brewster and Hawkins of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2543) of Timothy R. Whelan, James K. Hawkins and others relative to primary enforcement of seatbelt violations.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

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 relative to primary enforcement of seatbelt violations.

 

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 13A of Chapter 90 is hereby amended by striking from the second to last paragraph of this section the following language, "The provisions of this section shall be enforced by law enforcement agencies only when an operator of a motor vehicle has been stopped for a violation of the motor vehicle laws or some other offense."