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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 196 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2306 |
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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 | | John C. Velis |
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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 Purple Heart registration plates. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and Hampshire 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 196 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2306 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2306) of John C. Velis for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to Purple Heart registration plates. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2388 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 Purple Heart registration plates. |
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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 2 of Chapter 90 of the general laws are hereby amended by removing the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2sixteenth paragraph and inserting in its place the following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 The registrar shall furnish to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4veterans as defined in said clause Forty-third of said section 7 of said chapter 4 who have been |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and upon evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6distinctive registration plates bearing the image of a Purple Heart Medal for any private |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle owned by such Purple Heart recipient. The first set of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8such registration plates issued to an eligible veteran must be furnished at no charge. The registrar |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9may charge the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10for each additional set of registration plates or emblems. A surviving spouse of a deceased 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11recipient of the Order of the Purple Heart may elect to retain such distinctive registration plates |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12for personal use upon payment of the established registration fee for private passenger motor |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13vehicles or motorcycles and an additional annual twenty-dollar fee until such time as such spouse |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14remarries or fails to renew or cancels such registration. |
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