By Mr. Atsalis of Barnstable, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3427) of Demetrius J. Atsalis that the Commissioner for Administration and Finance be directed to establish a fee for the renewal of registration of motorcycles.  Transportation.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Demetrius J. Atsalis

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act requiring the Executive Office of Adninistration and Finance be directed to establish for the renewal of registration of motorcycles.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998

Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the 16th paragraph the following

paragraph:—

            The registrar shall furnish without charge to owners of private passenger motor

vehicles who are veterans, who have been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, upon

presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the registrar,

distinctive registration plates for one private passenger motor vehicle owned and

principally used by such survivor; provided, however, that the surviving spouse of a

deceased survivor may elect to retain such distinctive registration plates for personal use

upon payment of the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles and

an additional annual $20 fee until such time as such spouse remarries or fails to renew or

cancels such registration.