HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 491        FILED ON: 1/25/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3483

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Richard M. Haggerty and Michael S. Day

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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 veterans from the standard registration fee for veterans license plates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Richard M. Haggerty

30th Middlesex

1/25/2021

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/25/2021

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

2/18/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

2/24/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/24/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/25/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/25/2021

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

2/26/2021

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/26/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

3/9/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

4/20/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 491        FILED ON: 1/25/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3483

By Messrs. Haggerty of Woburn and Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3483) of Richard M. Haggerty, Michael S. Day and others relative to exempting veterans from the standard registration fee for veterans license plates.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3035 OF 2019-2020.]

 

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 exempting veterans from the standard registration fee for veterans license plates.

 

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 Generals Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after line 539, the following new paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles who are veterans, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4 and upon presentation of evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, distinctive registration plates bearing on the left side the word "VETERAN''. The registrar shall waive the initial registration fee of $60 and for each subsequent renewal.