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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 641 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3789 |
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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 | | Thomas M. Stanley |
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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 the Move Over Law. |
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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:Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex1/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 641 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3789 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Stanley of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3789) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Thomas M. Stanley relative to the move over law, so-called. 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 relative to the Move Over Law. |
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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 7C of chapter 89 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Official Edition, is amended by inserting after the definition of “Recovery vehicle” the following |
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| 30 | 30 | | 32 definitions:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 "Utility vehicle," a vehicle being used to install, maintain, repair, operate or restore |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5communications service, electric or gas distribution or transmission service in an emergency and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6that is operated by an employee of or a person under contract with a company incorporated for |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7the transmission of intelligence by electricity or by telephone or an electric distribution, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8transmission or distribution company as defined by section 1 of chapter 164. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 “Disabled vehicle”, a motor vehicle that has been abandoned or rendered inoperable by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10mechanical failure or accident. 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 7C of said chapter 89, as so appearing, is |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12hereby amended by inserting after the words “maintenance vehicle”, the following words:- “, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13utility vehicle or disabled vehicle”. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 SECTION 3. Paragraph (1) of said subsection (b) of said section 7C of said chapter 89, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “maintenance vehicle”, the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16following words:- “, utility vehicle or disabled vehicle”. |
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