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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 76 FILED ON: 1/3/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3798 |
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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 | | Marcus S. Vaughn |
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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 school zones for locomotives. |
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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:Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/3/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 76 FILED ON: 1/3/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3798 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3798) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn relative to establishing school zone speed limits for locomotives. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3462 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act establishing school zones for locomotives. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 160 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 19 the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 19A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4may, by vote of the city council or other legislative body of a city, or town meeting or other |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5legislative body of a town, establish designated school zones as provided in section 2 of chapter |
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| 36 | 36 | | 685 for passenger and freight locomotive engines operating on railroads within the city or town, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7and may set speed limits for locomotives operating in said zones at a rate of speed not to exceed |
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| 38 | 38 | | 820 miles per hour; provided, however, that no such designation or speed limit shall be effective |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9until the city or town; (i) notifies any railroad corporation with a railroad running through the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10designated zone of such designation and speed limit, and (ii) erects signs indicating such 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11designation and speed limit, in a manner consistent with the department of highways’ current |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12manual on uniform traffic control devices and said department’s sample regulation for a standard |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13municipal traffic code, at such points as said department and the effected railroad corporations, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14acting jointly, may designate. No railroad corporation, including the Massachusetts Bay |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15Transportation Authority, shall permit a passenger or freight locomotive to operate on a railroad |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16at a rate of speed greater than the rate posted while traveling through a designated school zone in |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17a city or town. Cities and towns shall be responsible for the cost of erecting and maintaining |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18signs pursuant to this section. |
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