The MMA is scheduled to meet with Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Registrar Rachael Kaprielian and Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey Mullan on Monday, January 11, 2010 to discuss the misappropriated Motorcycle Safety Fund monies.
The RMV reported 182,215 motorcycles registered through September 2009. According to MMA calculations there should have been $364,430 deposited into the Safety Fund Account ($2.00 per registered motorcycle). Since there was only $177,801 initially deposited, $12,157 was removed, AND another $50,000 was also removed for other purposes, the MMA is fighting to get $248,786 added back to this fund and demand we receive a full accounting of the monies already stolen from this fund.
M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 34 specifically states, "$2 from each motorcycle registration fee shall be paid by the registrar or by the person collecting the registration fee into the General Fund and shall be appropriated solely for the purpose of promoting and advancing motorcycle safety."
To repeat: By Law, $364,430 should have been put into the Motorcycle Safety Fund to be used solely for safety and awareness.
Please send a WRITTEN LETTER to RMV Registrar Kaprielian, MASSDOT Secretary Jeffrey Mullan, and Governor Deval Patrick TODAY expressing your feelings regarding the raiding of YOUR Safety Fund. The addresses are at the end of this message and a sample letter is available on the MMA's Web Site.
For MAXIMUM IMPACT, we need your letters to get there BEFORE our meeting! Please act today!
For further information and details, please check the MMA's Web Site: http://www.massmotorcycle.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=769540&item_id=11278
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Attn: Registrar Kaprielian
General Mail Box #55889
Boston, MA 02205-5889
Massachusetts State House
Office of the Governor
Room 280
Boston, MA 02133
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
ATTN: Jeffrey Mullan
10 Park Plaza, Suite 3170
Boston, MA 02116
For more information, please contact LegislativeDirector@MassMotorcycle.org or go to the MMA's Web Site: www.MassMotorcycle.org