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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1630 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3728 |
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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 | | David Paul Linsky |
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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 clarify penalties for violations occurring while driving with a hardship license. |
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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:David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1630 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3728 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3728) of David |
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| 19 | 19 | | Paul Linsky relative to clarifying violations that occur while driving with a hardship license. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3369 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to clarify penalties for violations occurring while driving with a hardship license. |
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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 23 of Chapter 90 of the 2018 General Laws, as amended by section 67, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended in paragraph two by inserting, after the words “(1) of section twenty-four,” the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 “pursuant to paragraph (f)(1) of subdivision (1) of section twenty-four,”; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 and in the same paragraph by inserting, after the words “section eight A or section eight |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6B of chapter ninety B, or pursuant to a violation of section 8, 9 or 11 of chapter ninety F,” the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7following:- |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 “ or pursuant to a similar or like statute of another jurisdiction,” ; 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 and in the same paragraph by inserting, after the words “right to operate or the issuance |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10to him of a new license to operate,” the following:- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 “or whoever operates a motor vehicle in violation of the terms of a hardship license |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12granted pursuant to M.G.L. Chapters 90, 90A or 90B,” ; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 and in paragraph four by inserting, after the words “pursuant to paragraph (a) of |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14subdivision (1) of sections 24, sections 24G or 24L, subsection (a) of section 8 of chapter 90B, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15sections 8A or 8B of chapter 90B or section 13 ½ of chapter 265 ,” the following:- |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 “or pursuant to a similar or like statute of another jurisdiction, or whoever operates a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17motor vehicle in violation of paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of section 24, sections 24G or 24L, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18subsection (a) of section 8 of chapter 90B, sections 8A or 8B of chapter 90B or section 13 ½ of |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19chapter 265 , where such operation was pursuant to a hardship license granted pursuant to |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20M.G.L. Chapters 90, 90A or 90B or where such operation was outside the terms of such hardship |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21license, |
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