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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 789 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3766 |
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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 | | Orlando Ramos |
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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 odometer reading of a vehicle that is 25 years or older. |
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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:Orlando Ramos9th Hampden1/13/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 789 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3766 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3766) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Orlando Ramos relative to odometer readings documented incorrectly in the certificates of title |
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| 20 | 20 | | of certain antique motor vehicles. Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3708 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 relative to the odometer reading of a vehicle that is 25 years or older. |
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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 Chapter 90D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 39. (1) If an owner of an antique motor car, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4discovers that the car mileage in their certificate of title was documented incorrectly upon |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5transferring the certificate of title, under section 15, and after a new certificate of title in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6name of the owner was issued by the registrar, under section 19, then the owner may appeal to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7the registrar, by mail or delivery of the certificate of title to the registrar, to correct the car |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8mileage in the certificate of title. When appealing the certificate of title, the owner may include |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9an affidavit or any other documentation in order to prove that the car mileage was incorrectly |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10documented. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (2) If the registrar finds that the car mileage in the certificate of title was documented |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12incorrectly when transferring the certificate of title, then the registrar shall issue a new certificate |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13of title, with the correct mileage of the antique motor, in the name of the owner and mail it to the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14owner’s address. An appeal of the register’s ruling in this section is subject to section 30. |
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