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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1212 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 393 |
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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 | | Steven S. Howitt |
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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 out of state purchases at auto auctions. |
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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:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/14/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/23/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1212 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 393 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 393) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Steven S. Howitt and David F. DeCoste relative to out-of-state purchases at auto auctions. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 327 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 out of state purchases at auto auctions. |
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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 140 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by striking Section 57 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following new section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Section 57. (a) No person, except one whose principal business is the manufacture and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5sale of new motor vehicles but who incidentally acquires and sells second hand vehicles, or a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6person whose principal business is financing the purchase of or insuring motor vehicles but who |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7incidentally acquires and sells second hand vehicles, shall engage in the business of buying, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8selling, exchanging or assembling second hand motor vehicles or parts thereof or allow any |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9property under his control to be used as a place of sale or display of motor vehicles without |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10securing a license as providing in section fifty-nine. This section shall apply to any person 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11engaged in the business of conducting auctions for the sale of motor vehicles, and to any person |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12engaged in the business of leasing or renting motor vehicles and who, as an incident to such |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13business, sells or offers to sell any such lease or rental vehicle to the public. All sales of second- |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14hand motor vehicles or parts thereof made by any person referred to in this section shall be |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15reported weekly to the registrar of motor vehicles on such forms as may be prescribed by him. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 (b) A fee in the amount of $50 shall be charged to any individual who purchases a vehicle |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17with a title that is assigned out of state. The fee shall be collected by the Auctioneer and the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18auction would be responsible to remit this fee on a monthly basis to Department of Professional |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19Licensure. |
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