Documents & Status: Text of House 1789 | Status of the bill

Documents & Status: Text of Senate 1771 | Status of the bill

The bill requires the Massachusetts highway department to erect and maintain at exit 5 on Route I-395 in the town of Oxford certain signs directing motorists to the birthplace of Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross.

Documents & Status: Text of Senate 1772 | Status of the bill

Documents & Status: Text of Senate 1773 | Status of the bill

This bill would acknowledge that a driver of a motor vehicle who drives while they are sleep-deprived is just as impaired as the drug or alcohol impaired driver. Applications for motor vehicle licenses will include information on the consequences of driving while sleep-deprived, and public safety officers will receive education on identifying the sleep-deprived driver. Violators will be charged under the criminal statute to the same extent as drug or alcohol-impaired drivers.

Documents & Status: Text of Senate 1774 | Status of the bill

This bill would address an increasing shortage in revenues collected from vehicles that are registered outside of the Commonwealth, but whose operators reside within the Commonwealth.  Currently, there is little enforcement of a fine or punishment for this action, and municipalities are given no incentive in seeking out those vehicles that are registered out of state.  S 1774 would address this by levying a $250 fine for first time offenders, who have had a vehicle registered out of state for a period exceeding 30 days from the point at which they have declared their residency.  Second time offenders would be levied a fine not exceeding $1,000.  To provide municipalities with incentive to enforce these laws, half of the revenue generated from these offenses would be retained by the community in which it is administered.  This bill also includes individuals who reside in a motor home within the Commonwealth; the fines shall likewise be levied for those persons who exceed the 30 day residency requirement.