SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2417

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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SENATE, Thursday, December 18, 2014

The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House Bill relative to driver’s licenses and identification cards photographs (House, No. 4369); reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2417.

For the committee,
Stephen M. Brewer

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2417

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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SECTION 1. The eleventh paragraph of section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 sentences:-

An applicant for the renewal of a license, who is required to have a new photograph appear on the license upon renewal, may be granted a 1-year extension of the use of the applicant’s current license photograph if the applicant presents documentation by a licensed physician that the applicant has undergone medical treatment for an illness resulting in temporary changes to the physical characteristics of the applicant that would be apparent in an image captured by the registrar; provided, however, that the applicant shall obtain a new photograph within 1 year of the extension.

SECTION 2.  Section 8E of said chapter 90, as amended by section 77 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

An applicant for the renewal of an identification card, who is required to have a new photograph appear on the card upon renewal, may be granted a 1-year extension of the use of the applicant’s current card photograph if the applicant presents documentation by a licensed physician that the applicant has undergone medical treatment for an illness resulting in temporary changes to the physical characteristics of the applicant that would be apparent in an image captured by the registrar; provided, however, that the applicant shall obtain a new photograph within 1 year of the extension.