By Ms. Spiliotis of Peabody, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3639) of Joyce A. Spiliotis and others relative to traffic regulations of cities and towns.  Transportation

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 


Joyce A. Spiliotis

Cleon H. Turner

Bruce E. Tarr

Mary E. Grant

 

 


 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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 An Act relative to traffic regulations of cities and towns.

 

    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 18 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in

the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the

words:—

‘provided, however, that except in the case of a speed regulation

no such special regulation shall be effective unless it shall

have been published in one or more newspaper, if there be any,

published in the town in which the way is situated, otherwise in

one or more newspaper published in the county in which the town

is situated; nor until after the department, and in the case of a

speed regulation the department and the registrar, acting jointly,

shall have certified in writing that such regulation is consistent

with the public interests;” in lines 5 to 12 inclusive.