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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 217 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2447 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 a motorcycle safety fund. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 217 FILED ON: 1/9/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2447 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2447) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation |
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| 19 | 19 | | to establish a motorcycle safety fund. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2331 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 a motorcycle safety fund. |
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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 1. Chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 35DDD the following section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 35EEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4a separate fund to be known as the Motorcycle Safety Fund for motorcycle safety-related |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5activities. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the commonwealth under section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6thirty-four of chapter ninety and which are specifically designed therein for said Motorcycle |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7Safety Fund. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 All revenues credited under this section shall remain in said Motorcycle Safety Fund, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9subject to appropriation to establish motorcycle safety-related activities. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 SECTION 2. Section 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11striking the words “(i) $2 from every motorcycle registration issued pursuant to section 2 shall be |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12deposited into the General Fund and used solely for the purpose of promoting and advancing |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13motorcycle safety;” and inserting in place thereof the following:- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 (i) $2 from every motorcycle registration issued pursuant to section 2 shall be deposited |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15monthly into a separate fund known as the Motorcycle Safety Fund for the purpose of promoting |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16and advancing motorcycle safety; provided, however, that the registrar shall provide rebates of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17not less than $150 to persons under the age of 21 who successfully complete a motorcycle basic |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18rider course approved by the registrar pursuant to section 8 and that the total of such rebates shall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19not exceed 20 percent of the funds so deposited. All revenues credited under this section shall |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20remain in the Motorcycle Safety Fund to administer a motorcycle safety program, which shall |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21include, but not be limited to, funding registrar-approved rider education courses and instructor |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22training, maintaining a policy manual that shall provide minimum requirements for instructors |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23and businesses that offer approved rider education courses in the commonwealth, the Motorcycle |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24Awareness Program in Section 13D of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, and public awareness |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25efforts. The State Treasurer shall not deposit such revenues in, or transfer such revenues to, the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26General Fund or any other fund other than the Motorcycle Safety Fund. The State Treasurer shall |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27produce annually, an accounting report detailing income and expenditures relating to said |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28Motorcycle Safety Fund, deliverable to the Chairman of the Massachusetts Motorcycle |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29Association (MMA), the house and senate chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation, and |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30the clerks of the senate and house of representatives. |
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