Any hybrid-lover that lives in South Boston (14th Suffolk district)

[Subversive]

I'd appreciate it if anyone who lives in Angelo M. Scaccia's 14th Suffolk district who wants to promote hybrid vehicles in the state could shoot him off a quick email or letter. He's the chair of Massachusetts House Rules Committee, where the Massachusetts Senate Bill 2220, An Act to Promote Alternative Fuels and the Use of Alternative Vehicles in the Commonwealth has been sitting since September 29, 2005, after being unanimously passed by the Senate. Please ask him to release this bill from committee so that it can be voted on by the House. Let's get this bill moving again!!

The same goes for people living in the districts of other Representatives in the Rules Committee:

Marie J. Parente of 10th Worcestor (Milford, Hopedale, Mendon)
Thomas M. Petrolati of 7th Hambden (Ludlow, Belchertown)
Lida E. Harkins of 13th Norfolk (Needham, Dover, Medfield)
Arthur J. Broadhurst of 15th Essex (Methuen)
Timothy J. Toomey of 26th Middlesex (East Cambridge, East Somerville)
Paul Kujawski of 8th Worcestor (Dudley, Webster, South Oxford, Douglas, South Uxbridge)
Thomas A. Golden, Jr., of 16th Middlesex (Lowell, Chelmsford)
Anthony Petruccelli of 1st Suffolk (Boston Center)
John H. Rogers of 12th Norfolk (Norwood, Walpole)
A. Stephen Tobin of 2nd Norfolk (Quincy)
Byron Rushing of 9th Suffolk (Downtown Boston)
Elizabeth A. Poirier of 14th Bristol (North Attleborough, Mansfield)
Paul K. Frost of 7th Worcestor (Auburn, Millbury, Oxford)
Robert S. Hargraves of 1st Middlesex (Groton)

What this bill will do:

For the years 2006-2010, individuals that purchase a hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle, which can be powered by ethanol, low-sulfur diesel, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hydrogen will register for a special placard and receive a number of incentives, including: an income tax deduction of $2000; a waiver for the initial $27.50 application fee for the Fast Lane Transponder; waiver of emissions inspections for hybrids getting at least an EPA-estimated 50mpg city; right to travel in HOV lanes regardless of passengers for three years following the enactment of the bill; discounts or free parking in municipalities which choose to participate.

The bill will require that five percent of all new state agency "fleet vehicles" be hybrids or run on alternative fuel, with 50 percent of the state fleet reliant on alternative fuels by 2010. A $10 million bond would establish a fund controlled by the Division of Energy Resources to assist municipalities and regional transit authorities in building alternative fuel stations on public lands and acquiring alternative fuel vehicles or hybrids.

Corporations with fleets of more than 50 comprised of at least 10 percent alternative fuel vehicles would receive a tax credit of half the difference in price between those vehicles and their conventional gasoline counterparts.