By Mr. DeLeo of Winthrop, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3464) of Robert A. DeLeo and Kathi-Anne Reinstein relative to certain tolls on the metropolitan highway system and the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge.  Transportation.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Robert A. DeLeo

Kathi-Anne Reinstein

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to certain tolls on the metropolitan highway system and the Maurice J. Tobin bridge.

    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.   Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the massachusetts turnpike authority and massachusetts port authority are hereby directed to establish and promote a resident discount program within the city of Revere and the town of Winthrop such that residents of said municipalities, upon participation with said program, shall pay a discounted toll on the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge commensurate with those paid by residents of the city of Chelsea.   Said discount program shall further provide for residents of the city of Revere and the town of Winthrop to pay a toll at the Sumner Tunnel and Ted Williams Tunnel commensurate with that paid by residents of the neighborhoods of East Boston and South Boston in the city of Boston, respectively.

SECTION 2.  If the aforementioned authorities institute toll increases at any time, at no time shall the tolls paid by residents of the city of Revere and the town of Winthrop on the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge, Sumner Tunnel and the Ted Williams Tunnel exceed those paid by residents of the city of Chelsea and the neighborhoods of East Boston and South Boston in the city of Boston for use of said structures, respectively.