HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4129 FILED ON: 7/17/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3819
Section 5 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2018 (see House, No. 3800), which had been returned by His Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment C of House, No. 3828). July 17, 2017. |
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 certain electronic toll collection fee notifications by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith certain electronic toll collection fee notifications, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
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 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
(d) The department shall regularly review fees and fines assessed on electronic toll collection system account holders. Not less than once each month, the department shall contact accounts with more than $100 in outstanding fees and fines assessed on unpaid tolls to update the account holder on the account status and provide guidance as to what actions the account holder may take to remedy the account balance. Efforts to contact account holders shall include comparing address information on file with the national change of address registry, communicating with the account holder by email and communicating with the account holder by phone.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of July 1, 2017.