HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 515 FILED ON: 1/11/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3026
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Antonio F. D. Cabral
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to commercial driver licensing.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol |
Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 515 FILED ON: 1/11/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3026
By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3026) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and Denise Andrews for legislation to authorize the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to administer alternative language tests to applicants for commercial drivers licenses. Transportation. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 3073 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to commercial driver licensing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 6 of Chapter 90F, as appearing in the 2010 official edition, is hereby amended in line 13, by inserting after the word, "vehicles", the following:
The registrar shall administer the tests prescribed under this section in Portuguese and Spanish, if so requested by the applicant, and in any other language the registrar deems necessary, as reasonable accommodation for limited-English speaking applicants for licenses to operate commercial motor vehicles. No test administered pursuant to Section 6 shall be used to determine any English language skills required by federal guidelines.
