SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1232        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1903

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James E. Timilty

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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 educational requirements for class 2 motor vehicle licensees.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1232        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1903

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1719 OF 2013-2014.]

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 educational requirements for class 2 motor vehicle licensees.

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 58 of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (8) subsection (c) the following new clause:

(9) That such person attends eight hours of educational training related to the rules, regulations, and laws pertaining to the used car industry which is provided by an organization certified by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, hereinafter referred to as NIADA, to provide educational training.  NIADA shall establish the minimum core curriculum to be presented by certified training organizations and establish a standardized test which shall be administered by all certified educational training organizations to persons attending the educational training.  Said NIADA shall consult with the Massachusetts Independent Automobile Association in establishing said core curriculum and standardized test.  Upon an applicant’s successful completion of the training and obtaining a passing grade, the organization providing the training shall issue a class 2 education certificate to the person.  The Class 2 education certificate shall be developed by the NIADA and include on the face a certificate number.  All certified training organizations shall record the name and certificate number of all certificates issued to applicants successfully completing the educational training.  A municipal licensing authority shall not issue or renew a Class 2 licensees unless a class 2 education certificate is presented to the licensing authority by the Class 2 licensee applicant.  All class 2 licensees who have successfully obtained a class 2 education certificate shall thereafter attend 4 hours of continuing educational training every two years.  Class 2 licensees shall be issued a continuing education certificate which shall also be a condition precedent to obtaining a class 2 license.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect on January 1, 2018.