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MA Gen L ch 90 § 7w (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 7w - Licensing of Safety and Emissions Inspection Facilities and Technicians; Rules and Regulations; Penalties; Computerized Communication System

Section 7W. No person or facility shall conduct inspections of motor vehicles pursuant to section 7A of this chapter or section 142J or 142M of chapter 111 unless such person is licensed by the registrar.  The registrar, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental protection, shall establish rules and regulations for the licensing and operating requirements of all stations or facilities that conduct inspections pursuant to said section 7A or said section 142J or 142M.  The registrar shall, upon request, issue a vehicle inspection station license for the inspection of motor vehicles pursuant to section 7A to a person holding a Class 1 license pursuant to section 58 of chapter 140 if that licensee has invested not less than $2,500,000 into the construction of a dealership and service facility or into the reconstruction or rehabilitation of an existing dealership and service facility; provided, however, that the licensee shall be properly equipped to conduct such inspections under the relevant rules and regulations; and provided further, that the licensee shall provide evidence of its investment in a form and format approved by the registrar.  The registrar, upon granting the opportunity for a hearing, may revoke or suspend any license or certification issued under this section or place conditions or limitations on such license for a violation of any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder.  A person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or both such fine and imprisonment.  Notwithstanding the provision of section 30A, the registrar may allow access or inquiry into computer data files under the control of said registrar in order to facilitate the establishment of a computerized communication system between the registry, the department of environmental protection, inspection facilities and any other person or entity in order to enforce compliance with any inspection or enforcement requirements of this chapter or chapter 111 or any other law or rule or regulation related thereto.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 7x (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 7x - Designation of Referee Stations

Section 7X. The registrar and the commissioner shall designate specific referee stations and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, may contract with public or private entities to design, implement and operate said referee stations throughout the commonwealth for the purpose of reinspections and issuing certificates of waiver.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 7y (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 7y - Certification and Training of Inspectors; Rules and Regulations

Section 7Y. The inspection of motor vehicles for emissions under section seven A shall be performed only by certified inspectors. The commissioner shall establish by rules and regulations for the certification and training of such inspectors and shall provide that certification not be transferable between individuals. No person shall be certified unless he had demonstrated his competence by such examination, training, or other standard the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner shall also revoke the certification of any inspector who intentionally fails to properly inspect a motor vehicle in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner under section one hundred and forty-two J of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.  Any regulation, as defined in section one of chapter thirty A, or any amendment or repeal of any such regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this section, shall, after compliance with all applicable provision of said chapter thirty A, except section five, shall be submitted to the general court. Said commissioner shall file the proposed regulation, amendment or repeal with the clerk of the house of representatives, together with a statement that the pertinent provisions of said chapter thirty A, except section five have been complied with. Such regulations shall be accompanied by a summary of the regulations in layman's terms. The clerk of the house of representatives, with the approval of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, shall refer such regulations to the appropriate joint standing committee. Within thirty days after such referral, such committee may hold a public hearing on the regulations and shall issue a report to the commissioner. Said commissioner shall review said report and shall adopt final regulations as deemed appropriate in view of said report and shall file with the chairmen of such reporting committee its final regulations, not earlier than thirty days after the filing of such report with the said chairmen. Said commissioner shall file the final regulations with the state secretary as provided in section five of said chapter thirty and said regulations shall thereupon take effect.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 7z (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 7z - Entry on Premises of Inspection Stations; Examination of Records

Section 7Z. The registrar, the commissioner, or their designees, may enter any licensed inspection station, or fleet inspection station, during regular business hours and may examine any records of such station for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections seven A, seven N, seven V and seven W. The commissioner shall establish procedures for the enforcement of the rules and regulations established under section one hundred and forty-two J of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 7aa (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 7aa - Child Passenger Restraints; Fine; Violation as Evidence in Civil Action

Section 7AA. A passenger in a motor vehicle on any way who is under the age of 8 shall be fastened and secured by a child passenger restraint, unless such passenger measures more than 57 inches in height. The child passenger restraint shall be properly fastened and secured according to the manufacturer's instructions.  Unless required to be properly fastened and secured by a child passenger restraint under the preceding paragraph, a passenger in a motor vehicle on any way that is under the age of 13 shall wear a safety belt which is properly adjusted and fastened according to the manufacturer's instructions.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such child who is: (1) riding as a passenger in a school bus; (2) riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle made before July first, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, that is not equipped with safety belts; (3) physically unable to use either a conventional child passenger restraint or a child restraint specifically designed for children with special needs; provided, however, that such condition is duly certified in writing by a physician who shall state the nature of the disability as well as the reasons such restraints are inappropriate; provided, further, that no such certifying physician shall be subject to liability in a civil action for the issuance of or for the failure to issue such certificate. An operator of a motor vehicle who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars; provided, however, that said twenty-five dollar fine shall not apply to an operator of a motor vehicle licensed as a taxi cab not equipped with a child passenger restraint device.  A violation of this section shall not be used as evidence of contributory negligence in any civil action.  A person who receives a citation for a violation of any of the provisions of this section may contest such citation pursuant to section three of chapter ninety C. A violation of this section shall not be deemed to be a conviction of a moving violation of the motor vehicle laws for the purpose of determining surcharges on motor vehicle premiums pursuant to section one hundred and thirteen B of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 7cc (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 7cc - Transporting of Special Needs Children

Section 7CC. Every person or company contracting to transport by motor vehicle one or more special needs children who are enrolled in a public or private school shall conspicuously display, in lettering, not less than four inches square, on such motor vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8c - Medical Advisory Board; Standards of Fitness for Applicants for Learner's Permits or Licenses

Section 8C. There is hereby created in the registry a medical advisory board, consisting of the commissioner of the department of public health or his designee, who shall serve as chairman thereof, and fifteen members appointed by the registrar and approved by said commissioner, who shall be registered under the laws of the commonwealth as qualified physicians, optometrists or chiropractors, but not more than one of said appointees shall be a chiropractor and not more than one of said appointees shall be an optometrist. The members of the said board except said commissioner, shall serve at the pleasure of the registrar. The registrar may refer to said board for advisory opinions on standards of fitness for applicants for learner's permits or licenses to operate motor vehicles, and, in addition, for advisory opinions on the applications of persons who apply for learner's permits or licenses to operate motor vehicles or whose right to operate has been suspended or revoked, or whenever the registrar has reason to believe that the operation of a motor vehicle by such persons upon any way or in any place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees would be a threat to the safety and the welfare of the public because of physical or mental disability. Upon receipt of an application for a medical exemption for the benefit of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle whose vision is determined by the board to be light sensitive or photosensitive, said board shall grant an exemption indicating the need for special window treatment as a medical necessity. The board shall meet at the call of said commissioner at such times and places as he may select, but shall convene at the request of the registrar. Said commissioner shall provide such facilities as he may determine to be necessary or appropriate to the function of the board. Each member of the board shall receive as compensation for his service thereon a sum not to exceed thirty-five dollars for each meeting he attends.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8g - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Lost, Destroyed or Mutilated Cards; Change of Name; Duplicate Cards

Section 8G. In the event an identification card issued pursuant to section eight E is lost, destroyed, mutilated, or a new name is acquired, the person to whom said card was issued shall obtain a duplicate card upon furnishing satisfactory proof of loss to the registrar and payment of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven. Any person who loses an identification card and who, after obtaining a duplicate, finds the original card, shall immediately surrender the original card to the registrar. The same documentary evidence shall be furnished for a duplicate as for an original identification card.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8h - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Fictitious, Fraudulent, or Altered Cards; Possession

Section 8H. No person shall: (a) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his possession, any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtained identification card;  (b) lend his identification card to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;  (c) display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;  (d) permit any unlawful use of an identification card issued to him;  (e) photograph, photostat, duplicate, or in any way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card, or display or have in his possession any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile unless authorized by the provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8i - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Description

Section 8I. The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so far as is practicable, a license to operate motor vehicles. It shall adequately describe the registrant, and bear the following:—''Commonwealth of Massachusetts''—''identification card No. '', ''this card is provided solely for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not a holder of a valid license to operate motor vehicles as of the date of issuance of this card''. The identification card shall be sealed in transparent plastic or similar substance.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8j - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Change of Address

Section 8J. Whenever a person after applying for and receiving an identification card acquires an address different from the address shown on the identification card issued to him, he shall, within thirty days thereafter, notify the registrar in writing of his old and new address. The registrar thereupon may take such action as necessary to insure that the identification card reflects the proper address of the identification card holder.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8k - Identification Cards for Persons Not Possessing Motor Vehicle Licenses; Cancellation

Section 8K. When used in reference to an identification card ''cancellation'' means that an identification card is terminated without prejudice and shall be surrendered. Cancellation of a card may be made when such card has been issued through error when voluntarily surrendered to the registrar.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8l - Voter Registration Agency

Section 8L. The registry of motor vehicles shall act as a ''registration agency'' as defined in section one of chapter fifty and shall perform all duties established under state and federal law therefor. Application forms and procedures used by the registry shall comply with the provisions of 42 USC 1973 gg–3 and 1973 gg–5 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as may be amended from time to time.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 8m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 8m - Use of Mobile Telephone, Hands-Free Mobile Telephone or Mobile Electronic Device by Person Under 18 Years of Age While Operating Motor Vehicle Prohibited; Penalties;affirmative Defenses

Section 8M. No person under 18 years of age shall hold in their hand or use a mobile telephone, hands-free mobile telephone or mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle on any public way. For the purposes of this section, a junior operator shall not be considered to be operating a motor vehicle if the vehicle is stationary and not located in a part of the public way intended for travel by a motor vehicle or bicycle.  A junior operator who violates the preceding paragraph shall be punished by a fine of $100 and shall have his license or permit suspended for 60 days for a first offense and shall not be eligible for license reinstatement until he also completes a program selected by the registrar that encourages attitudinal changes in young drivers; for a second offense by a fine of $250 and shall have his license or permit suspended for 180 days; and for a third or subsequent offense by a fine of $500 and shall have his license or permit suspended for 1 year.  It shall be an affirmative defense for a junior operator to produce evidence that the use of a mobile telephone, hands-free mobile telephone or mobile electronic device that is the basis of the alleged violation was for emergency purposes. For the purpose of this section, an emergency shall mean that the junior operator used the hands-free mobile telephone or mobile electronic device to communicate with another to report any of the following: (i) that the motor vehicle was disabled; (ii) that medical attention or assistance was required; (iii) that police intervention, fire department or other emergency service was necessary for the personal safety of the operator or a passenger; or (iv) that a disabled vehicle or an accident was present in the public way.  A first or second offense under this section shall not be a surchargeable incident under section 113B of chapter 175 or under a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in section 34A that is issued pursuant to said chapter 175; provided, however, that a third or subsequent offense under this section shall be a surchargeable incident under said section 113B of said chapter 175 or under a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in said section 34A that is issued pursuant to said chapter 175.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 9a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 9a - Safety Glass; Windshields, Windows

Section 9A. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, and the owner or custodian of a motor vehicle shall not permit the same to be operated with partitions, doors, windows or windshields of glass unless such glass is of a type known as safety glass. The term ''safety glass'', as used herein, shall include any glass designed to minimize the likelihood of personal injury from its breaking or scattering when broken. This section shall not apply to motor vehicles manufactured prior to January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 9b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 9b - Registration of Vehicles; Display of Number Plates; Application of Law

Section 9B. The provisions of this chapter relative to the registration of motor vehicles and the display of number plates shall not apply to motor vehicles having registrations and displaying plates issued by the armed forces of the United States in foreign countries for vehicles owned by military personnel, but said exemption shall be in effect for a period of only thirty days after the owner thereof has entered the commonwealth for the purpose of traveling either to his place of residence or to a point of military duty nor shall this chapter apply to such registration and display of number plates on fire apparatus or marked police vehicles from any one of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York providing that the state from which such fire apparatus or marked police vehicle comes does not require the registration of and the display of number plates on such apparatus or vehicle.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 9c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 9c - Repair of Tires on Trucks, Etc.

Section 9C. Any person or business servicing multi-piece bus, trailer, tractor or truck rims, shall use a steel cage portable locking device, chains or an equivalent containing device in the inflation of tires on such rims.  Any person or business servicing multi-piece bus, trailer, tractor or truck rims shall prominently display instructions published by the United States Department of Transportation, or an equivalent display, which shall clearly state procedures involved in the servicing of such rims. For the purposes of this section servicing shall include the inflation of tires on such rims at the service facility.  Any business servicing multi-piece bus, trailer, tractor or truck rims shall train and instruct all employees who service multi-piece rim wheels in the safety procedures to be followed as specified in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard Part 1910. Any business servicing multi-piece bus, trailer, tractor or truck rims shall not allow an employee to service any multi-piece rim wheel unless the employee has been trained and instructed in correct procedures of mounting, demounting, and all related services, activities and safety precautions for the rim type being serviced and the safe operating procedures as specified in said Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard Part 1910. Information to be used in the training program shall include as a minimum criteria the data contained in said Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard Part 1910.  Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.