Bill > H3005

This bill, aiming to enhance pedestrian safety on traffic islands, proposes amendments to existing Massachusetts General Laws, specifically Chapter 85. It introduces new regulations concerning activities on public ways, particularly focusing on preventing people from standing, sitting, placing signs on, or signaling moving vehicles on traffic islands, except for specific purposes like crossing at an intersection, entering or exiting a vehicle at the curb, or for maintenance. The bill outlines a process for law enforcement, where an officer would first ask an individual to leave a traffic island, then issue a warning, and finally may arrest them if they refuse to comply. It also revises penalties for soliciting or selling merchandise from vehicles on public ways, with fines increasing for subsequent offenses, and imposes fines for selling items on state highway boundaries without a permit.