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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 358 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 751 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Natalie M. Blais and Susannah M. Whipps |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their |
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| 13 | 13 | | primary source of mobility. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Natalie M. Blais1st Franklin1/11/2023Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/20/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/25/2023Aaron L. Saunders7th Hampden1/26/2023Christopher Hendricks11th Bristol2/1/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/3/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 358 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 751 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Blais of Deerfield and Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 20 | 20 | | House, No. 751) of Natalie M. Blais, Susannah M. Whipps and others relative to authorizing the |
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| 21 | 21 | | waiving of sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use wheelchairs as their |
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| 22 | 22 | | primary source of mobility. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their |
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| 29 | 29 | | primary source of mobility. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 31 | 31 | | authorize waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as |
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| 32 | 32 | | their primary source of mobility, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, |
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| 33 | 33 | | necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 35 | 35 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1 Section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after the word “paraplegic”, in lines 42 and 43, in each instance, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 3the following words:- or person who uses a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility. |
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