SENATE DOCKET, NO. 495        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1940

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the renewal of motor vehicle licenses..

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 20A of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following :-

Any person issued a civil penalty under Section 32L of Chapter 94C of the General Laws must pay said penalty to the municipality where said penalty was issued according to the regulations prescribed in said Chapter 94C. If any person fails to pay said civil penalty within the time period permitted by said Chapter 94C the police chief of the issuing municipality shall send notice of said non-payment to the registrar of motor vehicles who shall place the notice on record and shall not renew the license to operate a motor vehicle of said person until after notice from said police chief that all such matters have been disposed of in accordance with law. It shall be the duty of said police chief to notify the registrar forthwith that such case has been so disposed of in accordance with the law, provided however, that a certified receipt of full and final payment from the municipality in which the violation occurred shall also serve as legal notice to the registrar that said violation has been disposed of. Upon notification to the registrar, an additional twenty dollar charge, payable to the registrar of motor vehicles, shall be assessed against said license holder. 

SECTION 2: Section 20A ½  of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following :-

Any person issued a civil penalty under Section 32L of Chapter 94C of the General Laws must pay said penalty to the municipality where said penalty was issued according to the regulations prescribed in said Chapter 94C. If any person fails to pay said civil penalty within the time period permitted by said Chapter 94C the police chief of the issuing municipality shall send notice of said non-payment to the registrar of motor vehicles who shall place the notice on record and shall not renew the license to operate a motor vehicle of said person until after notice from said police chief that all such matters have been disposed of in accordance with law. It shall be the duty of said police chief to notify the registrar forthwith that such case has been so disposed of in accordance with the law, provided however, that a certified receipt of full and final payment from the municipality in which the violation occurred shall also serve as legal notice to the registrar that said violation has been disposed of. Upon notification to the registrar, an additional twenty dollar charge, payable to the registrar of motor vehicles, shall be assessed against said license holder.