SENATE, No. 2086

By Ms. Spilka, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2086) of Karen E. Spilka for legislation relative to freezing the Massachusetts turnpike tolls at current levels. Transportation.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT relative to freezing the Massachusetts turnpike tolls at current levels

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 4 sub-paragraph (i) of Chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 44 and 45, the words "to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over the turnpike" inserting in place thereof the following: -to charge and collect tolls for transit over the turnpike; said tolls shall be fixed at the rates in place on January 1, 2003 and may be revised only when necessary to accommodate increases in the Consumer Price Index;

SECTION 2. Section 4 sub-paragraph (i) of Chapter 81A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 44 and 45, the words "to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over the metropolitan highway system;" and inserting in place thereof the following: -to charge and collect tolls for transit over the metropolitan highway system; said tolls shall be fixed at the rates in place on January 1, 2003 and may be revised only when necessary to accommodate increases in the Consumer Price Index;

SECTION 3. Section 10 of said Chapter is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking in line 2 the words "and from time to time fix and revise".

SECTION 4. Section 10 of said Chapter is further amended in subsection (b) by striking in lines 36 and 37 the words "and from time to time fix and revise".

SECTION 5. Section 10 of said Chapter is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraphs:-

"(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the authority is hereby authorized to allocate turnpike revenues generated from the turnpike as necessary to fully fund the Boston Extension toll discount program as established by the authority's board of directors on June 28, 2002 until such time as tolls are no longer collected on Boston Extension roadways."