HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 276        FILED ON: 1/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3630

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Susannah M. Whipps

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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 providing for a Red Shield/Blue Shield license plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who have died in the line of duty.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/11/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/28/2021

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

2/18/2021

Steven G. Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/19/2021

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/22/2021

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

2/26/2021

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

5/5/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 276        FILED ON: 1/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3630

By Ms. Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3630) of Susannah M. Whipps and others relative to providing for a red shield/blue shield license plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who died in the line of duty.  Transportation.

 

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 providing for a Red Shield/Blue Shield license plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who have died in the line of duty.

 

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 General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph twenty, the following paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish without charge to the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle who is a parent, child, sibling, grandchild or spouse of a paid professional firefighter or call firefighter or police officer or reserve police officer who has died in the line-of-duty, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the registrar, a distinctive license plate bearing a design approved by the Registrar.