SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2090        FILED ON: 6/4/2014

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2244

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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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 distinctive registration plates.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

Leah Cole

12th Essex

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

Barry R. Finegold

Second Essex and Middlesex

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

Daniel Hunt

13th Suffolk

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

Wayne Matewsky

28th Middlesex

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

Richard T. Moore

Worcester and Norfolk

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

Shaunna O'Connell

3rd Bristol

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2090        FILED ON: 6/4/2014

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2244

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Bruce E. Tarr, Donald F. Humason, Jr., James M. Cantwell, Leah Cole and other members of the General Court for legislation  relative to distinctive registration plates.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act relative to distinctive registration plates.

 

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 2F of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking paragraph (a) in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

“(a) The registrar shall design, issue and regulate the use of distinctive registration plates, subject to the following conditions: an organization sponsoring or requesting a distinctive registration plate shall submit individual, pre-paid applications, each accompanied by a nonrefundable check in the amount of $40, requesting the distinctive registration plate on an application form determined by the registrar, and the application form shall include the name, address and signature of each individual requesting the distinctive registration plate.  The organization or group shall also be required to post a bond to secure the issuance of the distinctive plate in the following amount:

(i) a $200,000 bond when submitting 500 pre-paid applications;

(ii) a $150,000 bond when submitting 1,000 pre-paid applications; or

(iii) a $100,000 bond when submitting 1,500 pre-paid applications.

Upon the completion of the submission of the bond and the individual applications, the organization or group requesting the distinctive registration plate shall submit a proposed design for the plate.  Those organizations or groups that submit 3,000 pre-paid applications shall not be required to post a bond.  The registrar shall approve the design within 90 days of its submission. After the registrar grants approval of the design, the registrar shall send the distinctive registration plate into production.