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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1232 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2305 |
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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 | | Walter F. Timilty |
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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 expanding the MBTA reduced fare program to include veterans. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Walter F. TimiltyNorfolk, Plymouth and Bristol 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1232 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2305 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2305) of Walter F. Timilty for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to expand the MBTA reduced fare program to include veterans. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2387 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 expanding the MBTA reduced fare program to include veterans. |
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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 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Executive Office of Health and Human |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3Services and the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services, shall conduct a study of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4impacts, benefits, and costs of a veterans reduced fare program, that provides reduced or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5discounted transit fares to qualifying riders. The study shall include, but not be limited to, an |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6examination of (i) number of riders who would benefit from the program, (ii) number of riders |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7who qualify for alternate existing low-income fare programs, including but not limited to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8Ride, (iii) the average reduction of each fare by mode, (iii) overall impact on fare revenue, (iv) |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9models for determining eligibility requirements and the verification method, (v) improved |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10methods for advertising existing reduced fare programs and the potential expansion under this |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11study to veterans. The report shall examine the potential for the Department of Veterans’ 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12Services to establish a program to inform individuals who qualify for existing, and the potential |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13expansion under this study, of reduced fare programs under the Massachusetts Bay Transit |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14Authority. The report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation no |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16later than July 31, 2023. |
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