Amendment #928 to H4200

Turnpike Toll Use Clarification

Representatives Pignatelli of Lenox, Ashe of Longmeadow, Cariddi of North Adams, Dykema of Holliston, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Gonzalez of Springfield, Kane of Shrewsbury, Kocot of Northampton, Linsky of Natick, Mark of Peru, Rogers of Cambridge, Tosado of Springfield, Vega of Holyoke and Whipps Lee of Athol move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION XXXX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if all notes and bonds issued by the department relating to the turnpike, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, and payable from turnpike revenues have been paid and all obligations pursuant to all trust agreements pertaining to such notes and bonds have been discharged, all revenue received from tolls, rates, fees, rentals and other charges for transit over or through all turnpike tolled roads, bridges or tunnels shall be applied, first, to the cost of owning, maintaining, repairing, reconstructing, improving, rehabilitating, policing, using, administering, controlling and operating such turnpike, and otherwise, to the cost of owning, maintaining, repairing, reconstructing, improving, rehabilitating, policing, using, administering, controlling and operating those portions of the state highway system outside the perimeter bounded by Route 128 that provide necessary access to such turnpike."

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #928 to H4200

Turnpike Toll Use Clarification