SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1045        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1976

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act increasing awareness of junior operators on the roadways of the Commonwealth..

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. The registrar shall adopt regulations for a junior operators' placard to be affixed to a vehicle driven by a junior operator, including the design and regulations for location of the placard, as well as a reasonable fee to be charged to cover the cost of printing and administration. A vehicle driven by a junior operator shall display the placard. A junior operator found operating a vehicle without a placard shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200 and by license suspension for not more than 90 days and for a second or subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $500 and license suspension for not more than 6 months.