HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1140        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1838

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carlos González

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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 requiring driver’s license suspension for persons convicted of possessing a controlled substance in an automobile with a minor present.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/18/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/23/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/18/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1140        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1838

By Mr. Gonzalez of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1838) of Carlos Gonzalez, Mathew Muratore and Timothy R. Whelan for legislation to authorize the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to suspend the license of persons in possession of a controlled substances inside motor vehicles with minor children present.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3312 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act requiring driver’s license suspension for persons convicted of possessing a controlled substance in an automobile with a minor present.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Subsection (f) of section 22 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “years”, in line 104, the following words:- ; and provided, further, that any person convicted of subsection (b), (c) or (d) of section 32A of chapter 94C or of subsection (a) or (b) of section 32B of said chapter 94C while inside a motor vehicle with a minor child present shall have his or her license suspended for a period of 1 year from the date of conviction.