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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 592 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3296 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Josh S. Cutler |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to ensure benefits through enhanced Selective Service registration. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/13/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/26/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/26/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/26/2023David T. Vieira3rd Barnstable1/26/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/27/2023Kelly W. Pease4th Hampden1/31/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden2/6/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/8/2023Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex2/22/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/27/2023 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 592 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3296 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Cutler of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3296) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Josh S. Cutler and others relative to registering applicants for licenses to operate motor vehicles |
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| 20 | 20 | | with the Selective Service System. Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4263 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to ensure benefits through enhanced Selective Service registration. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 8M the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 8N. (a) An applicant who applies for an operator’s license, learner’s permit, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4identification card or a renewal of any such permit or license and who is at least 18 years of age |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5but less than 26 years of age authorizes the registrar to register the applicant with the Selective |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6Service System in compliance with section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act through the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7applicant’s signature on the application unless the applicant indicates otherwise as described in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8subsection (b). 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 (b) The registrar shall give notice to any applicant who is at least 16 years of age but less |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10than 26 years of age that the applicant has a duty under federal law to register with the Selective |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11Service System at age 18. If the applicant has not registered within 30 days after reaching 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12years of age, they shall be informed that they still has an affirmative obligation under federal law |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13to register with the Selective Service System before reaching 26 years of age. The registrar shall |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14also notify the applicant that their signature on an application for any such license, permit, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15identification card or renewal shall constitute consent to authorize the registrar to forward the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16applicant’s information to the Selective Service System, registering the applicant with the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17Selective Service System unless the applicant declines to give such consent by signing a |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18statement so stating on the application. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 (c) If the applicant is at least 16 years of age but less than 18 years of age the registrar |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20shall notify the applicant that their signature on an application for any such license, permit, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21identification card or renewal shall constitute consent authorizing the applicant to be registered |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22upon attaining 18 years of age as required by federal law, unless the applicant indicates |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23otherwise as described in subsection (b). |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 (d) The registrar shall notify the applicant that a refusal to grant such consent shall not be |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25grounds for denial of driving privileges nor shall it be a basis for the registrar to discriminate |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26against the applicant, and that the opportunity to give such consent to the registrar is provided |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27only for the convenience of the applicant. This notice shall be made both verbally and through a |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28written document available in English, Spanish and such other languages as the registrar |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29determines. If the applicant grants that authority, the registrar shall forward to the Selective |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30Service System, in an electronic format, no sooner than the applicant’s eighteenth birthday, only |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31the information necessary for registration of the applicant. 3 of 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32 (e) Failure to grant such authority as provided in this section shall not be a basis for the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33registrar or any other related government agency to discriminate against the applicant, including |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34but not limited to the denial of driving privileges. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 35 (f) The registrar shall not distribute or make available to any person or governmental |
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| 66 | 66 | | 36agency in any way any list of those applicants who declined to grant the registrar authority to |
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| 67 | 67 | | 37forward their information to the Selective Service System. The registrar shall not compile, |
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| 68 | 68 | | 38develop or maintain any such list unless it is necessary for the administration and operation of |
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| 69 | 69 | | 39the registry, and such list shall not be given to any other governmental or non-governmental |
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| 70 | 70 | | 40agency. The registrar shall not distribute or make available to any person or governmental |
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| 71 | 71 | | 41agency any list of those applicants who did grant the registrar authority to forward their |
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| 72 | 72 | | 42information to the Selective Service System except as otherwise authorized by this section. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 43 SECTION 2. Implementation of this act shall be contingent on the receipt by the registrar |
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| 74 | 74 | | 44of motor vehicles of sufficient federal funds to pay a reasonable portion of the initial start-up |
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| 75 | 75 | | 45costs for computer programming changes necessary to implement the requirements of this |
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| 76 | 76 | | 46section related to the reporting of information to the Selective Service Administration. The |
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| 77 | 77 | | 47registrar shall initiate and monitor efforts to obtain federal funds for the purposes stated in this |
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| 78 | 78 | | 48act and shall report promptly to the joint committee on public safety and the house and senate |
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| 79 | 79 | | 49committees on ways and means when federal funds have been received by the department. |
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