Amendment #267 to H4000

New license plate issuance program

Mr. Straus of Mattapoisett moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION XXXX. (a) Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012

Official Edition, is hereby amended by deleting, in line 143, the words “, without charge,”.

(b) Said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after section

2I the following new section:-

Section 2J. Beginning July 1, 2016, upon registration or renewal, the registrar shall issue

new number plates to every person whose motor vehicle is registered under this chapter. All

number plates issued after July 1, 2016 shall be valid for a period of 8 years, following which,

upon renewal, such plates shall be replaced. No fee shall be assessed for the issuance of new

number plates, provided that the registrar may impose a charge in order to defray the costs

incurred to issue such plates, provided further that any such charge shall not be imposed upon

number plates that are required by general or special law to be issued without charge.

(c) The registrar may utilize a “rolling” replacement cycle with respect to those motor

vehicles registered prior to July 1, 2016, or otherwise stagger issuance of new number plates, in

order to implement subsection (b).