SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1488        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1982

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Michael F. Rush

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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 the used vehicle record book.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1488        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1982

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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An Act relative to the used vehicle record book.

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

Section 62 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

In lieu of keeping and maintaining a book or other such form as approved by the registrar, as required in this section, a class 1 dealer, licensed pursuant to sections 58 and 59, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section by recording and maintaining the information required herein in said dealer’s electronic data management system, in a form and in a format approved by the registrar; provided, however, that such form and format approved by the registrar shall not compel the dealer to engage in duplicate recording and maintenance of the information for each vehicle.