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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 685 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3737 |
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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 | | John J. Marsi |
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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 allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety. |
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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:John J. Marsi6th Worcester1/10/2025Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/11/2025Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden2/11/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 685 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3737 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Marsi of Dudley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3737) of John J. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marsi, Marcus S. Vaughn and Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. for legislation to allow certain |
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| 20 | 20 | | Massachusetts Department of Transportation vehicles to use red lights for safety. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Transportation. |
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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 allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety. |
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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 7E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph in its entirety and replacing it with the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3following:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 A vehicle owned or operated by a forest warden, deputy forest warden, a chief or deputy |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5chief of a municipal fire department, a chaplain of a municipal fire department, a member of a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6fire department of a town or a call member of a fire department or a member or a call member of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7an emergency medical service or full-time employees or contract employees employed by or |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8under contract with the department of fire services or any vehicles owned, operated, or under |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9contract by the Department of Transportation may have mounted thereon flashing, rotating or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10oscillating red lights. Unless the vehicle is owned, operated, or under contract by the Department |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11of Transportation, such lights shall only be displayed when such owner or operator is proceeding 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12to a fire or in response to an alarm and when the official duty of such owner or operator requires |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13him to proceed to said fire or to respond to said alarm, and at no other time. |
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