By Mr. Loscocco of Holliston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3568) of Paul J. P. Loscocco and others Paul J.P. Loscocco and others relative to tolls paid by users of theTurnpike.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 

Paul J. P. Loscocco

Stephen P. LeDuc

James E. Vallee

David Paul Linsky

James B. Eldridge

Scott P. Brown

Karen E. Spilka

Jennifer M. Callahan

 

 

 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act to promote toll equity for users of the Massachusetts turnpike.

 

    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.  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the

 authority of the same, as follows:

 

 

 

Section 10(a) of chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

Notwithstanding any general or special law or any regulation promulgated thereunder to the contrary, no tolls respecting the turnpike and the different parts or sections thereof and shall be increased from and after the effective date hereof unless such toll increase is directly related to actual increased costs to the authority of maintaining, repairing, reconstructing, improving, rehabilitating, policing, using, administering, controlling or operating the turnpike.

 

Section 10(b) of chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

Notwithstanding any general or special law or any regulation promulgated thereunder to the contrary, no tolls respecting the metropolitan highway system or any part thereof shall be increased from and after the effective date hereof unless such toll increase is directly related to actual increased costs to the authority of maintaining, repairing, reconstructing, improving, rehabilitating, policing, using, administering, controlling or operating the metropolitan highway system.