SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1426        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 928

 

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 regarding collection of outstanding delinquent legal fees.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1426        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 928

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 928) of Bruce E. Tarr, Viriato M. deMacedo, Donald F. Humason, Jr., Robert L. Hedlund and others for legislation to collect outstanding delinquent legal fees.  The Judiciary.

 

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 regarding collection of outstanding delinquent legal fees.

 

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 9 of Chapter 211D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (i), the following subsection:-

(j) The clerk of the court shall submit a quarterly report to MassHealth, the department of transitional assistance and the registry of motor vehicles detailing the amount of any unresolved counsel fees owed by persons for whom counsel was appointed under this chapter. Said fees shall be considered by MassHealth and the department of transitional assistance as financial benefits to be repaid pursuant to section 22 of chapter 118E and section 5G of chapter 18. The registry of motor vehicles shall not issue or renew a person's driver's license or motor vehicle registration for any vehicle subsequently purchased by such person until it receives notification from the clerk of the court that the fee has been resolved.