Amendment #629 to H4100

To increase transportation revenue by treating all residents equally

Mr. Winslow of Norfolk moves to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Section 13(b) of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 44 through 56, the following words:-

provided, however, that the department may not charge and collect tolls for transit through the Callahan tunnel, the Sumner tunnel or the Ted Williams tunnel by private passenger vehicles registered in the East Boston section of the city of Boston or the South Boston section of the city of Boston, as the Boston transportation department has determined the geographical boundaries of said sections of Boston, that are greater than the tolls in effect for such vehicles registered in said East Boston section at existing tunnel toll facilities on the effective date of section 14 of chapter 102 of the acts of 1995; provided, further, that the department may not charge and collect tolls for transit through the Callahan or Sumner tunnels to private passenger vehicles registered in the North End section of the city of Boston, as the Boston transportation department has determined the geographical boundaries of such section, that are greater than the tolls in effect for such transit through either the Sumner tunnel or Callahan tunnel for such vehicles on the effective date of said section 14 of said chapter 102.;

and in addition, by striking out, in lines 62 through 67, the following words:-

and provided further, that the tolls collected for transit over or through the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge by private passenger vehicles registered in the city of Chelsea or the Charlestown neighborhood of the city of Boston, as the Boston transportation department has determined the geographical boundaries of such section, shall not be greater than the tolls in effect for such vehicles as of January 1, 2009 pursuant to the Resident Commuter Permit Program, so called.;

and inserting in place thereof the following text:-

No discounts for tolls, for roads, for bridges or tunnels shall be based on place of residence.”