HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2401        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3313

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to ensure safe roads..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 11, after the word “require,” the following words:—Nothing in this section shall permit the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to prohibit the issuance of a driver’s license or learner’s permit based on a failure to provide Social Security No. or an acceptable written denial notice immigration status,  however the Registrar shall charge a surcharge of $300 if the applicant is unable to provide this documentation.

SECTION 2. Said section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the first paragraph in line 21 the following new sentences:—

Nothing in this section shall permit the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to prohibit the issuance of a driver’s license or learner’s permit based on a failure to provide Social Security No. or an acceptable written denial notice immigration status; however the Registrar shall charge a surcharge of $300 if the applicant is unable to provide this documentation.

SECTION 4. Section 8B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 7, after the word “require.”, the following new sentences:—

Nothing in this section shall permit the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to prohibit the issuance of a driver’s license or learner’s permit based on a failure to provide Social Security No. or an acceptable written denial notice immigration status; however the Registrar shall charge a surcharge of $300 if the applicant is unable to provide this documentation.