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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3076 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 588 |
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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 | | Carlos González |
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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 establishing the gateway city public school driver education program. |
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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:Carlos González10th Hampden1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3076 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 588 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 588) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carlos González relative to establishing the gateway city public school driver education |
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| 20 | 20 | | program. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 487 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 relative to establishing the gateway city public school driver education program. |
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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 SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 2DDDDDD the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 2EEEEEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Gateway City Public School Driver Education |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Trust Fund, administered by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. There |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6shall be credited to the fund all fees collected and designated to the fund under paragraph (21) of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7section 33 of chapter 90, any appropriations, grants, gifts or other monies authorized by the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8general court or other parties and specifically designated to be credited to the fund and any |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10fund may be expended, subject to appropriation, provided that all unexpended balances 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and may |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12be appropriated for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year. Expenditures from the fund shall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13be used for the implementation of section 13D 1/2 of chapter 71. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 SECTION 2. Paragraph (21) of section 33 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15amended by adding the following sentence:- |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 A sum equal to 1 per cent of the fees collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17transferred to the gateway city public school driver education trust fund, established under |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18section 2EEEEEE of chapter 29. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 SECTION 3. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20section 13D the following section:- |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21 Section 13D 1/2. There shall be a gateway city public school driver education program |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22for providing affordable access to motor vehicle driver education to students from low-income |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23communities in the commonwealth. The program shall be administered by the department. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 A public high school located in a gateway municipality, as defined by section 3A of |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25chapter 23A, may offer a motor vehicle driver education course, in accordance with section 13D, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26during the regular school day or evening as an elective course. Participants of the course shall be |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27residents of a gateway municipality. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28 Expenditures from the gateway city public school driver education trust fund, established |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29under section 2EEEEEE of chapter 29, shall be made to reduce tuition fees or provide tuition at |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30no cost to participants in the program. |
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