Amendment #1099 to H4000

Collecting Revenue from Single Passenger Vehicles in HOV Lanes

Ms. Peisch of Wellesley moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Section 13 of Chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(xx) The secretary of transportation is directed to take whatever action is necessary, including but not limited to filing whatever application to the federal government may be required, to implement a program whereby vehicles that do not meet the occupancy criteria of high occupancy vehicle lanes may access said lanes on interstate highway route 93 for a fee.  Any revenue collected from these fees shall be used to offset the debt of the metropolitan highway system attributable to the central artery project and the third harbor tunnel project”.