Amendment #834 to H3400

Feasibility Study of Taxi License Database

Representatives Cole of Peabody, Heroux of Attleboro, Mirra of West Newbury and O'Connell of Taunton move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XX. There shall be a commission which shall study the feasibility of a live time database which cross references license suspensions through the registry of motor vehicles and taxi driver licenses.  The commission shall consist of 11 members, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be the registrar of the registry of motor vehicles or a designee, 1 of whom shall be a chief of police appointed by the governor, 3 of whom shall be members of the senate with 2 being appointed by the senate president and 1 being appointed by the senate minority leader, 3 of whom shall be members of the house of representatives with 2 being appointed by the House Speaker and 1 being appointed by the house minority leader,  1 of whom shall be the attorney general or a designee, and 1 of whom shall be from the Boston Taxi Drivers Association. The commission shall make its report and recommendations together with legislation to implement those recommendations by filing the same with the clerks of the Senate and House not later than July 31, 2016.”.