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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 744 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3664 |
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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 | | William C. Galvin |
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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 establishing a pilot program allowing for in-person payment of daily parking fees at |
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| 13 | 13 | | certain commuter rail stations operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:William C. Galvin6th Norfolk1/13/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 744 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3664 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3664) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | William C. Galvin relative to establishing a pilot program for the payment of parking fees at |
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| 21 | 21 | | certain commuter rail stations. Transportation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3316 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act establishing a pilot program allowing for in-person payment of daily parking fees at |
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| 30 | 30 | | certain commuter rail stations operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall create and administer an 18-month |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2pilot program allowing for the in-person payment of daily parking fees without the use of a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3mobile telephone at the parking lots owned and operated by the authority at the Canton Junction, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4Canton Center and Stoughton commuter rail stations. To administer the program, the authority |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5shall install and maintain for at least 18 months, at each location, 2 automated payment machines |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6that allow customers to make in-person payment for daily parking fees by cash or credit card |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7without the use of a mobile telephone or any other portable electronic device. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall file a report on the efficacy of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9pilot program with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the house and senate 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10chairs of the joint committee on transportation. The report shall include an estimate of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11percentage of parking fees collected at each location under the pilot program and make |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12recommendations, if any, for the need to install and maintain similar automated payment |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13machines at other parking lots owned and operated by the authority. The report shall be filed no |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14sooner than 12 months after initiation of the pilot program but not later than 18 months after |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15initiation. |
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