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MA H3803
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Vieira
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AI Summary
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Amends Chapter 90, Section 22 of Massachusetts General Laws to allow municipalities to notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles when residents have outstanding municipal fines
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Registrar must prohibit issuance or renewal of driver's licenses, learner's permits, or vehicle registrations for individuals with outstanding municipal fines upon receiving notice from a city or town
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Outstanding municipal fine defined as any unpaid fine for violating local rules, regulations, ordinances, or by-laws that remains unpaid 25 days after the due date, or 15 days after exhausting all appeals
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Registrar must lift restrictions upon receiving notice that the outstanding fine no longer exists
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Requires the Registrar to promulgate regulations including a hearing process to challenge the existence of an outstanding fine; allows electronic transmission of notices between municipalities and the Registrar
Legislative Description
Relative to civil fine enforcement
Last Action
Accompanied a study order, see H4787
2/9/2026