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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1810 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3805 |
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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 | | Tommy Vitolo |
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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 electronic toll payments. |
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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:Tommy Vitolo15th Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1810 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3805 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vitolo of Brookline, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3805) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Tommy Vitolo relative to electronic toll payments. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3469 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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 relative to electronic toll payments. |
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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 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (d) Information on tolls, including, where applicable, toll usage, tolls due, balance, late |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4and other fees, fines, penalties and other amounts due associated with toll or other transactions |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5and payment options shall be made available through an online database that is searchable by |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6both (i) vehicle registration number and (ii) date of toll assessment. Such information shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7accessible through the online database within 1 business day of a toll being assessed. Information |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8for accessing the online database shall be printed on a sign visible to drivers at the point where a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9toll is assessed. No invoice issued by the department to a vehicle’s registered owner of record or 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10responsible party for purposes of collecting tolls shall be mailed fewer than 7 days after the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11assessment of a toll. |
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