HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2379        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3102

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Shaunna L. O'Connell

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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 Registry of Motor Vehicles.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/9/2019

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/24/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/1/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2379        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3102

By Mrs. O'Connell of Taunton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3102) of Shaunna L. O'Connell and others for legislation to authorize a third-party audit of the database of the Registry of Motor Vehicles.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to Registry of Motor Vehicles.

 

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. Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 63. There shall be a third-party audit of the database of the registry of motor vehicles for the purpose of detecting and identifying: (i) existing license holders for potential fraud or duplicate issuances of license/registrations; (ii) anomalies in licensed identities; (iii) potential fraud rings; (iv) addresses containing post offices boxes; and (v) other such anomalies and fraud indicators.  For the purposes of this section the term “third party audit” shall mean an independent review and examination of registry of motor vehicles data pursuant to clauses (i) to (v), inclusive.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the first audit required by this act shall take place on or before December 1, 2019.

SECTION 3. The registrar of motor vehicles shall promulgate emergency regulations to implement this act no later than 30 days after the passage of this act.