Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3322 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1560 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3322
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act expanding certain discount tolls for private passenger vehicles.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/17/2023Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/19/2023 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1560 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3322
18	18	By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill,
19	19	House, No. 3322) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to expanding
20	20	certain discount tolls for private passenger vehicles owned by residents of the cities of Revere
21	21	and Chelsea, the town of Winthrop and Essex County. Transportation.
22	22	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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24	24	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
25	25	(2023-2024)
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27	27	An Act expanding certain discount tolls for private passenger vehicles.
28	28	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
29	29	of the same, as follows:
30	30	1 SECTION 1. Section 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the Official
31	31	2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Chelsea”, in line 89, the following
32	32	3words:- , the city of Revere.
33	33	4 SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 13 of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is
34	34	5hereby further amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- The
35	35	6department shall establish a zone-based toll discount program for account holders who: (i)
36	36	7participate in the department’s electronic toll collection system; and (ii) are residents in
37	37	8municipalities north of the city of Boston that are located adjacent to United States highway
38	38	9route 1. The program shall provide discounted tolls for private passenger vehicles for transit
39	39	10through the Sumner tunnel and the Ted Williams tunnel and over the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial
40	40	11Bridge based upon each municipality’s proximity to those toll collection sites. 2 of 2
41	41	12 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the
42	42	13contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall:
43	43	14 (i) charge or collect a toll for use of the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge by private
44	44	15passenger vehicles registered in the city of Revere, the town of Winthrop and Essex county in the
45	45	16same amount as it does for such vehicles registered in the city of Chelsea; and
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47	47	18 (i) charge or collect a toll for use of the Sumner tunnel by private passenger vehicles
48	48	19registered in the city of Revere, the city of Chelsea, the town of Winthrop and Essex county in
49	49	20the same amount as it does for such vehicles registered in the East Boston neighborhood of the
50	50	21city of Boston.