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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3736 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3606 |
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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 | | James Arciero |
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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 licensed funeral home vehicles. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James Arciero2nd Middlesex1/17/2025James Dolan1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3736 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3606 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arciero of Westford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3606) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | James Arciero and James Dolan relative to licensed funeral home vehicles. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3392 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to licensed funeral home vehicles. |
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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 14A of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (h) Notwithstanding clause (5) of subsection (d), chapter 90 or any other general or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4special law to the contrary, a vehicle that is owned or leased by a funeral home establishment, a |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5licensed or registered certified funeral director or a livery company, that is being operated by a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6funeral director or an employee or independent contractor of a funeral home, may, without a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7permit or assignment from the registrar of motor vehicles: (1) be equipped with mounted |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8flashing, rotating or oscillating purple, violet, amber, clear or white lights and alternating |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9flashing headlights or fog lights; and (2) display a flashing, rotating or oscillating red light in the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10opposite direction from which the vehicle is proceeding when the vehicle is moving forward. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11Such lights shall only be illuminated when the owner or operator is proceeding in a funeral |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12procession or responding to a fatality on behalf of the chief medical examiner. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 All vehicles in a funeral procession may display the vehicle hazard warning signals, also |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14known as 4-way flashers. |
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