MA H3560

Bill

MA H3560

To protect motorists from excessive EZ-Pass fees and fines

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
01/27/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to fees and fines assessed on EZ-Pass account holders. Transportation.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect motorists from excessive EZ-Pass fees and fines. It requires the transportation department to regularly review the fees and fines assessed on EZ-Pass account holders, and to actively reach out to account holders who have more than $100 in outstanding fees and fines from unpaid tolls. The department must make efforts to contact these account holders, including checking for address changes, emailing, and calling, to inform them of their account status and provide options to address the outstanding balances.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (9)

Steve Owens (D)*, Jamie Eldridge (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Vanna Howard (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jason Lewis (D), Maria Robinson (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Adam Scanlon (D),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/03/2023)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3560

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3560
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3560.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H101	Creating a human services transportation task force	Accompanied a study order, see H5218	Similar To
H3120	Reducing filing fees for single member LLCs	No further action taken	Similar To
H3938	Authorizing the city of Somerville to impose a real estate transfer fee	No further action taken	Similar To
H4010	Relative to parking fees on department of conservation and recreation roads	Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
H4091	Authorizing the town of Sudbury to establish a fee for checkout bags	No further action taken	Similar To
H4897	Relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate	Published as amended, see H4916	Similar To
H4916	Relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate	Reported by H5151	Similar To
S1772	Relative to the composition of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation	Accompanied a new draft, see H4619	Similar To
S2087	To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2349	To protect motorists from excessive EZ-Pass fees and fines	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2436	Relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S5	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars	Amendment again agreed to - see Senate Roll Call #48 and House Roll Call #38 (Yeas 159 to Nays 41)	Similar To
S877	Requiring the disclosure of services covered by condominium fees and property taxes	Accompanied a study order, see H5276	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H101

Creating a human services transportation task force

Accompanied a study order, see H5218

Similar To

H3120

Reducing filing fees for single member LLCs

No further action taken

Similar To

H3938

Authorizing the city of Somerville to impose a real estate transfer fee

No further action taken

Similar To

H4010

Relative to parking fees on department of conservation and recreation roads

Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2021

Similar To

H4091

Authorizing the town of Sudbury to establish a fee for checkout bags

No further action taken

Similar To

H4897

Relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate

Published as amended, see H4916

Similar To

H4916

Relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate

Reported by H5151

Similar To

S1772

Relative to the composition of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Accompanied a new draft, see H4619

Similar To

S2087

To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2349

To protect motorists from excessive EZ-Pass fees and fines

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2436

Relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars

Amendment again agreed to - see Senate Roll Call #48 and House Roll Call #38 (Yeas 159 to Nays 41)

Similar To

S877

Requiring the disclosure of services covered by condominium fees and property taxes

Accompanied a study order, see H5276

Similar To

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