SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1093        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1929

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to promote safe driving..

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.  Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 8C the following section:-

Section 8C-1/2.  (a) The registrar shall require that all persons aged 85 or older who are seeking to renew their operator’s licenses take a vision and road test before being reissued such license.

(b) The registrar shall develop a public outreach campaign to provide information to drivers on safe driving practices, techniques for self-testing and local transportation alternatives.