HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4731 FILED ON: 1/2/2020 HOUSE ...... No. 4359

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ______

PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and Richard M. Haggerty ______

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act establishing a distinctive registration plate for Medal of Liberty recipients. ______

PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 20th Middlesex 12/18/2019 Richard M. Haggerty 30th Middlesex 1/6/2020 Marc R. Pacheco First Plymouth and Bristol 1/2/2020 Maria Duaime Robinson 6th Middlesex 1/2/2020 Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. 5th Worcester 1/2/2020 Alyson M. Sullivan 7th Plymouth 1/2/2020 Todd M. Smola 1st Hampden 1/2/2020 David K. Muradian, Jr. 9th Worcester 1/2/2020 James M. Kelcourse 1st Essex 1/2/2020 Nicholas A. Boldyga 3rd Hampden 1/2/2020 11th Worcester 1/2/2020 Mathew J. Muratore 1st Plymouth 1/2/2020 Ryan C. Fattman Worcester and Norfolk 1/2/2020 Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 1/2/2020 Jason M. Lewis Fifth Middlesex 1/2/2020 9th Norfolk 1/2/2020 Joseph D. McKenna 18th Worcester 1/2/2020 2nd Plymouth 1/2/2020

1 of 2 Kimberly N. Ferguson 1st Worcester 1/2/2020 Peter J. Durant 6th Worcester 1/2/2020 William L. Crocker, Jr. 2nd Barnstable 1/3/2020 Timothy R. Whelan 1st Barnstable 1/3/2020 Steven S. Howitt 4th Bristol 1/3/2020 Sheila C. Harrington 1st Middlesex 1/6/2020 John C. Velis 4th Hampden 1/6/2020 Julian Cyr Cape and Islands 1/6/2020 4th Essex 1/7/2020 Carole A. Fiola 6th Bristol 1/8/2020 Donald H. Wong 9th Essex 1/8/2020 Alan Silvia 7th Bristol 1/8/2020 David T. Vieira 3rd Barnstable 1/8/2020 F. Jay Barrows 1st Bristol 1/8/2020 Elizabeth A. Poirier 14th Bristol 1/8/2020 Paul K. Frost 7th Worcester 1/8/2020 Angelo L. D'Emilia 8th Plymouth 1/8/2020 Marc T. Lombardo 22nd Middlesex 1/8/2020 Brian W. Murray 10th Worcester 1/8/2020 David Allen Robertson 19th Middlesex 1/8/2020 David F. DeCoste 5th Plymouth 1/8/2020 5th Barnstable 1/9/2020 Carlos González 10th Hampden 1/9/2020 Norman J. Orrall 12th Bristol 1/9/2020 Carmine Lawrence Gentile 13th Middlesex 1/9/2020 Carolyn C. Dykema 8th Middlesex 1/9/2020 Denise C. Garlick 13th Norfolk 1/9/2020 Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth 1/9/2020 2nd Essex 1/9/2020 Michael J. Soter 8th Worcester 1/9/2020 23rd Middlesex 1/9/2020 Patricia A. Haddad 5th Bristol 1/9/2020 Smitty Pignatelli 4th Berkshire 1/9/2020

2 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4731 FILED ON: 1/2/2020 HOUSE ...... No. 4359 By Messrs. Jones of North Reading and Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard M. Haggerty and others for legislation to authorize the Registry of Motor Vehicles to issue distinctive registration plates for Medal of Liberty recipients. Transportation.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

______In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court (2019-2020) ______

An Act establishing a distinctive registration plate for Medal of Liberty recipients.

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

1 Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is

2 hereby amended by inserting after line 598 the following new paragraph:-

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

4 who have been awarded the Massachusetts Medal of Liberty, as defined in section 67A of

5 chapter 33, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the

6 registrar, distinctive registration plates for one private passenger motor vehicle owned and

7 principally used by such recipient, bearing on the left side an image of the Liberty Medal and

8 ribbon and bearing the words “MEDAL OF LIBERTY” along the bottom.

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