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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1522 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3668
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act expanding certain discount tolls for private passenger vehicles.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/15/2025Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/15/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1522 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3668
By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 3668) of Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco relative to expanding
certain discount tolls for private passenger vehicles owned by residents of the cities of Revere
and Chelsea, the town of Winthrop and Essex County. Transportation.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act expanding certain discount tolls for private passenger vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Chelsea”, in line 89, the following
3words:- , the city of Revere.
4 SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 13 of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is
5hereby further amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- The
6department shall establish a zone-based toll discount program for account holders who: (i)
7participate in the department’s electronic toll collection system; and (ii) are residents in
8municipalities north of the city of Boston that are located adjacent to United States highway
9route 1. The program shall provide discounted tolls for private passenger vehicles for transit
10through the Sumner tunnel and the Ted Williams tunnel and over the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial
11Bridge based upon each municipality’s proximity to those toll collection sites. 2 of 2
12 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the
13contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall:
14 (i) charge or collect a toll for use of the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge by private
15passenger vehicles registered in the city of Revere, the town of Winthrop and Essex county in the
16same amount as it does for such vehicles registered in the city of Chelsea; and
17 (i) charge or collect a toll for use of the Sumner tunnel by private passenger vehicles
18registered in the city of Revere, the city of Chelsea, the town of Winthrop and Essex county in
19the same amount as it does for such vehicles registered in the East Boston neighborhood of the
20city of Boston.