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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2804 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3724 |
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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 | | David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf |
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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 regional transit authority advisory boards. |
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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:David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2804 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3724 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3724) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to regional transit authority advisory boards. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 5 of Chapter 161B, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2hereby amended by striking the phrase “1 year” from line 27 and 28 and inserting in place there |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3of the following phrase:- 2 years . |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “1-year” |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5from line 40 and inserting in place thereof the following word:- 2-year . |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 SECTION 3. Section 5 of Chapter 161B, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7hereby amended by striking the phrase “1 year” from line 42 and inserting in place there of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8following phase:- 2 years. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 SECTION 4. Said section 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “1-year” |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10from line 53 and inserting in place thereof the following word:- 2-year . 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 5. Section 5 is hereby further amended after line 53 by inserting the following |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12paragraph:- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 One representative of the Gateway Municipality rider community population shall serve |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14on the advisory board as a voting member for a term of 3 years. Each Gateway Municipality in |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15the region, as defined by MGL Chap 23A Section 3A, shall appoint a representative that is an |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16active rider of the regional transit authority whom shall serve for a term of 3 years ; provided, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17however, that the representative of the disabled community, rider community and gateway |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18municipality rider community shall not be appointed by the same city or town in the region. For |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19authority regions that contain more than one Gateway Municipality, each municipality shall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20appoint a representative on a rotating basis in an order as determined by the board. The mayor or |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21city manager and the chairman, town manager or town administrator shall appoint a resident of |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22the city or town for this purpose. |
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