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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2126 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2272 |
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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 | | Mark C. Montigny |
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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 relative to the use of video screens while operating a motor vehicle. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2126 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2272 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2272) of Mark C. Montigny for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to the use of video screens while operating a motor vehicle. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2356 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to the use of video screens while operating a motor vehicle. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 13 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in lines 27-31 the following words:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 No person shall drive any motor vehicle equipped with any television viewer, screen or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4other means of visually receiving a television broadcast which is located in the motor vehicle at |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5any point forward of the back of the driver’s seat, or which is visible to the driver while |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6operating such motor vehicle. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 SECTION 2. Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8adding the following section:- |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 Section 13D. 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 (a)No motor vehicle registered in the commonwealth shall be equipped with, nor |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11shall be used therein, a television receiver, video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at a point |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14forward of the back of the driver’s seat, or is operating and the monitor, screen, or display is |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle. The operator of a motor vehicle that is not |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16required to be registered in the commonwealth shall not operate a television receiver, video |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17monitor, or a television or video screen or any other similar means of visually displaying a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications that |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19violates the provisions of this section while driving in the commonwealth. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20 The prohibitions contained in this subsection shall not, however, include: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21 1. Electronic displays used in conjunction with vehicle navigation and mapping |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22systems, or as part of a digital dispatch system; |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23 2. Closed circuit video monitors designed to operate only in conjunction with |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24dedicated video cameras and used in rear-view systems on trucks, motor homes, and other motor |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25vehicles; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26 3. Television receivers or monitors used in government-owned vehicles by law- |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27enforcement officers in the course of their official duties; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28 4. Visual displays used to enhance or supplement the driver’s view forward, behind, |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30 5. A vehicle information display; 3 of 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 31 6. A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver’s view of vehicle |
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| 61 | 61 | | 32occupants; |
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| 62 | 62 | | 33 7. Television-type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic |
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| 63 | 63 | | 34engineering information; or |
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| 64 | 64 | | 35 8. A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or any other |
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| 65 | 65 | | 36similar means of visually displaying a moving image, if that equipment is factory-installed and |
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| 66 | 66 | | 37has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle operator is performing one or more driving |
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| 67 | 67 | | 38tasks, disables the equipment so that such moving images are not visible to the motor vehicle |
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| 68 | 68 | | 39operator except as a visual display described in subsections 1 through 7. For the purposes of this |
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| 69 | 69 | | 40subsection, “driving task” means all of the real time functions required to operate a vehicle in on- |
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| 70 | 70 | | 41road traffic, excluding the selection of destinations and waypoints, and including steering, |
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| 71 | 71 | | 42turning, lane keeping and lane changing, accelerating and decelerating. |
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| 72 | 72 | | 43 (b)Except for displays explicitly authorized in subsection b, no driver of any motor |
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| 73 | 73 | | 44vehicle shall view any motion picture or similar video display while driving. |
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