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H3724 • 2025

An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards

An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards

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Sponsor
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards

An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3724) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to regional transit authority advisory boards.
  • Transportation.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-07 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  6. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  8. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to regional transit authority advisory boards
By Representative LeBoeuf of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3724) of David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf relative to regional transit authority advisory boards. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3724

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Chapter 161B, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the phrase “1 year” from line 27 and 28 and inserting in place there of the following phrase:- 2 years .

SECTION 2. Said section 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “1-year” from line 40 and inserting in place thereof the following word:- 2-year .

SECTION 3. Section 5 of Chapter 161B, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the phrase “1 year” from line 42 and inserting in place there of the following phase:- 2 years.

SECTION 4. Said section 5 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “1-year” from line 53 and inserting in place thereof the following word:- 2-year .

SECTION 5. Section 5 is hereby further amended after line 53 by inserting the following paragraph:-

One representative of the Gateway Municipality rider community population shall serve on the advisory board as a voting member for a term of 3 years. Each Gateway Municipality in the region, as defined by MGL Chap 23A Section 3A, shall appoint a representative that is an active rider of the regional transit authority whom shall serve for a term of 3 years ; provided, however, that the representative of the disabled community, rider community and gateway municipality rider community shall not be appointed by the same city or town in the region.

For authority regions that contain more than one Gateway Municipality, each municipality shall appoint a representative on a rotating basis in an order as determined by the board. The mayor or city manager and the chairman, town manager or town administrator shall appoint a resident of the city or town for this purpose.

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