Commodity Code Execution

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Rosalyn Henderson-Myers and 1 co-sponsor

Allows Hull's select board to set local parking fines, overriding state limits, with caps: $100 within 21 days, $110 after 21 days before reporting, or $150 after reporting.

Act No. 67

Summary — H.4247 / Act No. 67

Note on materials provided
- The packet you provided contains two distinct pieces of legislation that share the same bill number in different contexts: (A) a Massachusetts local act authorizing the Town of Hull to set a parking-fine schedule (House No. 4247, presented by Rep. Joan Meschino); and (B) a separate South Carolina bill amending the State Commodity Code (also styled H.4247 in SC). The act that was enacted as Act No. 67 and signed by the governor (effective 05/22/2025) is the Massachusetts local parking-fines measure. Below is a focused summary of that enacted Act, followed by a brief note summarizing the SC commodity-code material that appears in your packet.

A. Enacted: Town of Hull — parking fines (Massachusetts Act No. 67)

Purpose and intent
- To authorize the select board of the Town of Hull to establish a local schedule of fines for parking violations, overriding certain statewide statutory limits where necessary.

Key provisions
- Grants the Hull select board the authority to set a schedule of fines for parking violations notwithstanding sections 20A or 20A½ of chapter 90 or any other general/special law to the contrary.
- Caps on fines (as established in the act):
- Not more than $100 if the fine is paid within 21 days of issuance.
- Not more than $110 if paid after 21 days but before the parking clerk reports the violation to the registrar (per chapter 90, §20A½ reporting process).
- Not more than $150 after the violation has been reported to the registrar.
- The act takes effect upon passage.

Who is affected
- Primary: motor vehicle owners/operators who receive parking violations in the Town of Hull.
- Local officials: Hull select board (authority to adopt and amend the fine schedule), parking clerk (reporting duties), and municipal enforcement personnel.
- State registrar: may receive reports and be involved in later-stage enforcement tied to higher fine caps.

Procedural/timeline notes
- Enactment: Signed by Governor and effective upon passage (recorded effective date in materials: 05/22/2025).
- Sponsors/authorization: Presented by Rep. Joan Meschino (with local vote/approval noted) and Senator Patrick O’Connor.
- Local-law approach: This is a special/local authorization specific to Hull; it modifies how municipal parking fines can be structured within the statutory caps set by the act.

B. (Separate) South Carolina — Commodity Code amendments (summary)

The packet also includes a South Carolina bill that would (if enacted) transfer administration of the State Commodity Code from the Secretary of State to the Attorney General, expand enforcement powers, adjust civil penalty and administrative processes, allow the AG to retain up to $750,000 of fines to offset enforcement costs, permit actions in Richland County Court of Common Pleas, and make related conforming changes to definitions, remedies, and procedural provisions. This is a separate jurisdictional measure and is not the Massachusetts Act No. 67 described above.

If you want, I can:
- Produce a one‑page text suitable for local officials in Hull explaining steps to implement the new schedule, or
- Expand the SC commodity-code summary into a full, standalone brief with provision-by-provision detail.