Amendment #943 to H3800

Protecting motorists from excessive EZ-Pass fees and fines

Representatives Hecht of Watertown, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Lawn of Watertown, Lewis of Framingham, Linsky of Natick, Provost of Somerville, Robinson of Framingham, Rogers of Norwood, Santiago of Boston, Tosado of Springfield and Williams of Springfield move to amend the bill by adding the following section: “SECTION XXXX. Section 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(d) The department shall regularly review fees and fines assessed on electronic toll collection system account holders. Not less than once each month, the department shall contact accounts with more than $100 in outstanding fees and fines assessed on unpaid tolls to update the account holder on the account status and provide guidance as to what actions the account holder may take to remedy the account balance. Efforts to contact account holders shall include comparing address information on file with the national change of address registry, communicating with the account holder by email and communicating with the account holder by phone."

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Protecting motorists from excessive EZ-Pass fees and fines