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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 474 FILED ON: 1/16/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2279 |
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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 | | Patrick M. O'Connor |
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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 motorcycle permit requirements. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 474 FILED ON: 1/16/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2279 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2279) of Patrick M. O'Connor for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to motorcycle permit requirements. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2363 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 motorcycle permit requirements. |
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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 8B of Chapter 90 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2new text:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs, the registrar shall not issue a learner’s permit |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4restricted to the operation of a motorcycle (Class M) or endorsement to an applicant who has not |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5reached the age of 18 without first verifying that the applicant has: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 (a) successfully completed a Motorcycle Basic Rider Course (BRC) as approved by the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7registrar; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 (b) been issued a junior operator’s license pursuant to section 8, or a similar law of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9another state; 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 (c) maintained a driving record free of any surchargeable incidents for a period of not less |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11than one year immediately preceding the date of application, as described in section 113B of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12chapter 175, and has not had such permit suspended under section 24P, or a similar law of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13another state, and has not been convicted of violating any alcohol-related or drug-related law of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14the commonwealth, or a similar alcohol-related or drug-related law of another state. For the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15purposes of this subsection, an alternate disposition of a violation including, but not limited to, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16having such violation continued without a finding or placed on file shall be deemed to be a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17conviction. |
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