HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 363 FILED ON: 1/14/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 900
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jennifer E. Benson
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act Relative to amending the Junior Operator Law.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex | 2/4/2011 |
Carolyn C. Dykema | 8th Middlesex | 2/4/2011 |
Martin J. Walsh | 13th Suffolk | 2/4/2011 |
William N. Brownsberger |
| 1/24/2011 |
Jennifer L. Flanagan |
| 2/3/2011 |
David B. Sullivan | 6th Bristol | 2/3/2011 |
Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin | 2/4/2011 |
Sonia Chang-Diaz |
| 2/4/2011 |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex | 1/28/2011 |
James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex | 1/31/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 363 FILED ON: 1/14/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 900
By Ms. Jennifer E. Benson of Lunenburg, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00900) of Martin J. Walsh and others relative to civil motor vehicle infraction by a junior operator who is not emancipated . Joint Committee on Transportation. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act Relative to amending the Junior Operator Law.
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 amended by sections 4 and 5 of chapter 155 of the acts of 2010 , and section 3 of chapter 190 of the acts of 2010, is hereby further amended by inserting, after the seventh paragraph, the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a police officer who issues a written warning or a citation to a junior operator for a civil motor vehicle infraction or for a criminal motor vehicle law violation, shall mail a copy of the warning or citation by first class mail to the junior operator’s parent or guardian if the junior operator is not an emancipated minor.