HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1650        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2985

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Patricia D. Jehlen

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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 safe driving.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/15/2015

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/20/2015

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

12/11/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

12/11/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

12/11/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

12/11/2019

Kenneth J. Donnelly

Fourth Middlesex

12/11/2019

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

12/11/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

12/11/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

12/11/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

12/11/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

12/11/2019

William N. Brownsberger

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

12/11/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

12/11/2019

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

12/11/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

12/11/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

12/11/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

12/11/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

12/11/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

12/11/2019

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

12/11/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

12/11/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

12/11/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

12/11/2019

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

12/11/2019

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

12/11/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

12/11/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

12/11/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

12/11/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

12/11/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

12/11/2019

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

12/11/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

12/11/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

12/11/2019

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

12/11/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

12/11/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

12/11/2019

Carlos Gonzalez

10th Hampden

12/11/2019

Jose F. Tosado

9th Hampden

12/11/2019

Cynthia S. Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

12/11/2019

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

12/11/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1650        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2985

By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield and Senator Jehlen, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2985) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Patricia D. Jehlen and others relative to junior operator’s licenses.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act  relative to safe driving.

 

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 appearing the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 11, after the word “require”, the following paragraph:- 

Nothing in this section shall permit the registrar to deny a license to operate motor vehicles or learner’s permit application based on a failure by a Massachusetts resident ineligible for a social security number to provide a social security number or evidence of immigration status. 

SECTION 2.  Section 8B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting in line 7, after the word “require”, the following paragraph:-

Nothing in this section shall permit the registrar to deny a license to operate motor vehicles or learner’s permit application based on a failure by a Massachusetts resident ineligible for a social security number to provide a social security number or evidence of immigration status. 

SECTION 3.  Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after section 8B the following section:-

Section 8B½. A license to operate motor vehicles or learner’s permit may, under the rules and regulations established by the registrar, be issued to a Massachusetts resident ineligible for a social security number. 

(a) A holder of a license issued under this section shall be subject to any and all provisions of the General Laws and any and all implementing regulations to the same extent as any other person issued a driver’s license, unless otherwise provided in the General Laws or by administrative rule, including but not limited to the examination requirements in section 8 of this chapter as well as the mandatory insurance requirements and penalties set forth in sections 1A and 34J of this chapter.

(b) A license, learner’s permit or Massachusetts identification card shall not confer eligibility for any public benefit. 

(c) The Registrar shall adopt rules for implementing this section, including designating acceptable evidence that an applicant is ineligible for a social security number. 

(d) To the maximum extent allowed by applicable federal law, information collected about applicants for a license to operate motor vehicles, learner’s permit or Massachusetts identification card shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to government entities or private parties unless such disclosure is:

(i) Authorized in writing by the individual to whom such information pertains, or if such individual is a minor or is otherwise not legally competent, by such individual’s parent or legal guardian; or

(ii) So ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.