FILED ON: 7/30/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4369

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act relative to driver’s licenses and identification cards photographs.

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 eleventh paragraph of section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

An applicant for the renewal of a license, who is required to have a new photograph appear on the license upon renewal, may be granted a 1 year extension of the use of the applicant’s current photograph if the applicant presents documentation by a licensed physician that the applicant has undergone medical treatment resulting in temporarily changes to the physical characteristics of the licensee as a result of illness; provided, however, that the licensee shall be responsible for obtaining a new photograph within 1 year of the extension.