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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 authorizing modernizing parking enforcement notice procedures under section 20A 1/2.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 4298        FILED ON: 10/9/2026

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By Mr. Rush, a petition (accompanied by bill) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Michael F. Rush for legislation to authorize modernizing parking enforcement notice procedures under section 20A 1/2.  Transportation.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act authorizing modernizing parking enforcement notice procedures under section 20A 1/2.

 

 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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may issue notices of violation of any rule, regulation, order, ordinance or by-law established by the city or town regulating the parking of motor vehicles within the city through the use of automated license plate readers or similar parking monitoring technologies. The issuance of such notices of violation shall be conducted under the procedures prescribed in section 20A of chapter 90 of the General Laws. Photographs or data of parking violations detected by such readers or similar technologies and transmitted to the transportation department of a city or town issuing notices under this act shall constitute a cognizance of a violation for purposes of said sections 20A and 20A1/2 of said chapter 90. Issuance of notices of violation pursuant to this act shall require the provision of evidence that an alleged violation occurred in the form of photographs of the violation, monitoring data or other evidence of the violation from said department or such readers or similar technologies authorized under this act.

 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.