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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 115 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2295 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 relative to commercial fees. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 115 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2295 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2295) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to commercial fees. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2141 OF 2019-2020.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to commercial fees. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2at the end thereof the following subsections:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (i) Notwithstanding any general or specific law to the contrary, the registrar shall not |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4increase any individual fee by more than 2.5 per cent in a calendar year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 (j) The registrar shall offer a discount for any person registering 5 or more units in a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6calendar year. For the purposes of this section, a unit shall include: any vehicle subject to a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7commercial normal, commercial reserved, commercial, vanity, snow removal, hearse, limited |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8use, auto home normal, auto home reserved, auto home vanity, bus normal, bus reserved, bus |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9vanity, livery normal, livery limited use, livery reserved, livery vanity, semi trailer normal, semi |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10trailer reserved, trailer normal, trailer reserved, taxi normal, taxi limited used, taxi reserved, or 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11van pool normal registration. This discount shall be in an amount of no less than 10 per cent of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12each registration fee they would otherwise incur. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 (k) The registrar shall issue a report to the legislature within 90 days of the acceptance of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14this act. This report shall offer recommendations to reduce the cost of operating a commercial |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15vehicle or unit in Massachusetts in order to promote competition with neighboring states. This |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16report shall be submitted to the chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation. |
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