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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1960 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3639 |
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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 | | Rob Consalvo |
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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 promoting safety in the use of off-highway 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:Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1960 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3639 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3639) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Rob Consalvo relative to the operation of off-highway vehicles. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act promoting safety in the use of off-highway vehicles. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 61B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 21, the words “and equine boarding” |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , equine boarding and the use of recreation |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4vehicles as defined in section 20 of chapter 90B. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 SECTION 2. Section 24N of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6amended by striking out, in line 5, the words “or section eight B” and inserting in place thereof |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7the following words:- , section 8B or section 26A. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 SECTION 3. Section 20 of chapter 90B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9amended by inserting after the definition of “Directly supervised” the following definition:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 “Emergency off-road vehicle”, any all-terrain vehicle, recreation utility vehicle, utility |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11vehicle, recreation vehicle, off-highway vehicle or snow vehicle used by public safety personnel |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12to respond to emergencies. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 SECTION 4. Section 25 of said chapter 90B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14striking out, in line 1, the words “Except as hereinafter provided” and inserting in place thereof |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15the following words:- Except for emergency off-road vehicles and as hereinafter provided. |
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