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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 20a - Application for Salvage Title; Procedure

Section 20A. (a) The application for the salvage title shall be made by the owner, except as provided for in subsection (e) of section 20, to the registrar on such form or forms as the registrar shall prescribe and shall be accompanied by: (1) a properly assigned certificate of title, except as provided for in said subsection (e) of said section 20; (2) any other information and documents the registrar may reasonably require to establish ownership of the vehicle and the existence or nonexistence of a lien to the extent not inconsistent with said subsection (e) of said section 20; and (3) the required fee.
(b) The registrar shall file each application for salvage title received and maintain adequate record thereof and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity, shall issue a salvage title. The salvage title shall serve as proof of ownership and shall contain the name and address of the owner, a description of the vehicle, a salvage certificate serial number and any other data the registrar prescribes.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 20b - Exceptions to Salvage Title Requirement

Section 20B. No salvage title need be obtained for: (1) a vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in accordance with the provisions of chapter ninety; (2) a vehicle moved solely by animal power; (3) an implement of husbandry; (4) special mobile equipment; (5) trailers; (6) passenger vehicles ten or more years old; or (7) manufactured homes as defined in section thirty-two Q of chapter one hundred and forty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 20c - Transfer of Interest in Vehicle With Issued Salvage Title

Section 20C. (a) If an owner of a vehicle for which a salvage title has been issued under this chapter transfers his interest therein, he shall execute the assignment to the transferee on the space provided therefor on the salvage title or on such other form as the registrar shall prescribe and cause the title and assignment to be delivered to the transferee at the time of delivery of the vehicle.
(b) Except for dealers licensed under the provisions of section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, the transferee of a vehicle for which a salvage title has been issued under this chapter or under the laws, of another state shall, within ten days after receiving delivery of the total loss salvage vehicle, apply for a new salvage title on the form prescribed by the registrar. The application shall be accompanied by the properly executed salvage title, required fee and any other information and documents the registrar may reasonably require to establish ownership of the vehicle.
(c) If a dealer, licensed under the provisions of section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, is a transferee of a vehicle for which a salvage title has been issued, he need not apply for a new salvage title but, upon transferring the vehicle, shall execute the assignment to the transferee in the space provided for such dealer assignments on the title on such form as the registrar prescribes and cause the title and assignment to be delivered to the transferee.
(d) Any transferor of a vehicle for which a salvage title has been issued under this chapter shall fully and fairly disclose that fact to any transferee for value. The director of consumer affairs and business regulation may by regulation provide for the timing, form and content of such disclosure.
(e) The registrar may issue a salvage title for any motor vehicle which is transferred into the commonwealth and which was previously covered by a similar title from any other state.
(f) The owner of any vehicle which would qualify as a ''total loss salvage vehicle'' under section one of chapter ninety D which is transferred into the commonwealth but was not covered by a similar title from another state shall apply for a salvage title from the registrar.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 20e - Cancellation of Certificate Upon Junking or Scrapping of Vehicle

Section 20E. (a) Any person who takes possession of a motor vehicle for the purpose of junking or scrapping shall within ten days after receipt of delivery, cause the certificate of title, salvage title or any other document required by the registrar as proof of ownership, to be surrendered to the registrar for cancellation. Said person shall maintain an adequate record of said cancellation which shall contain the name and address of the owner, a complete description of the vehicle including the vehicle identification number.
(b) The registrar shall maintain an adequate record of said cancellation, which shall contain the name and address of the owner, a complete description of the vehicle including the vehicle identification number. The vehicle identification number shall remain attached to said vehicle upon destruction.
(c) A motor vehicle for which the certificate of title, salvage title or any other document required by the registrar as proof of ownership, which has been surrendered for cancellation under this section shall not be titled under this chapter or registered to operate under chapter ninety.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 20f - Reassembly of Motor Vehicles From Other Motor Vehicles; Application for Title and Inspection

Section 20F. (a) Any person, including a person licensed under section fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, who reassembles a motor vehicle by means of welding together or connecting the frames or unit bodies of two or more motor vehicles, which are not total loss salvage vehicles, shall make application to the registrar for a certificate of title and an inspection of the motor vehicle prior to registration or sale of said vehicle. Each application for title and inspection shall be accompanied by the following:
(1) the outstanding certificate of title;
(2) an affidavit signed by the owner in the form prescribed by the registrar which includes the following information: (i) the identification numbers of each motor vehicle used to reassemble or connect the motor vehicle; (ii) bills of sale evidencing acquisition of all major component parts used to rebuild the vehicle with the corresponding identification numbers of the vehicles from which parts were removed if such a part contains or should contain the manufacturer's vehicle identification number; (iii) a description of the location of the point of connection or weld joint of the two or more vehicle frames; and
(3) the required inspection fee.
The inspection shall include an examination of the vehicle and its major component parts to determine that the vehicle information contained in the application and supporting documents is true and correct, and that there is no indication that the vehicle or any of its parts are stolen. Said inspection shall be conducted by a person appointed under the provisions of section twenty-nine of chapter ninety. Such inspection shall not be for the purpose of checking road worthiness or the safety condition of the vehicle. No liability shall be imposed upon the registrar of motor vehicles or upon the commonwealth or its agents or employees which may result from, or be connected with, any act or omission relative to said inspection.
(b) Upon satisfactory inspection results and receipt of all required documents and fees, the registrar shall issue a new certificate of title which shall contain the notation ''reconstructed''.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 21 - Perfecting of Security Interest in Vehicle

Section 21. A security interest in a vehicle for which a certificate of title is issued under this chapter is perfected by the delivery to the registrar of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement and the required fee. The security interest is perfected as of the later of the time of the delivery and the time of attachment of the security interest.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 21a - Motor Vehicles or Trailers; Limitation on Creation of Sale or Security Interest

Section 21A. In the case of motor vehicles or trailers, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward by reference to the amount realized upon sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 22 - Security Interest in Vehicle; Requirements of Owner, Lienholder and Subordinate Lienholder

Section 22. If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:—
(a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on such separate form as the registrar shall prescribe, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the lienholder or, at the lienholder's request to the registrar.
(b) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the registrar.
(c) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the registrar or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the registrar with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement.
(d) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application and the required fee, the registrar shall either endorse on the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 23 - Assignment, Etc. of Security Interest in Vehicle; Liability of Lienholder; Assignee's Rights

Section 23. (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate.
(b) It is not necessary for the assignee to have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder in order to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the owner. The assignee may, however, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the registrar the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate in the form the registrar prescribes.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 24 - Satisfaction of Security Interest in Vehicle

Section 24. Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, the lienholder shall, within three days after demand and, in any event, within ten days, execute a release of his security interest, in the space provided therefor on the certificate or as the registrar shall prescribe, and mail or deliver the certificate and release to the next lienholder named therein, or, if none, to the owner or any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive the certificate.
Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of a prior lienholder, the lienholder whose security interest is satisfied shall within three days execute a release in such form as the registrar shall prescribe and deliver the release to the owner, or to any person who delivers to the lienholder an authorization from the owner to receive it. The lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either deliver the certificate to the owner, or the person authorized by him for delivery to the registrar, or, upon receipt of the release, mail or deliver it with the certificate to the registrar, who shall release the subordinate lienholder's rights on the certificate or issue a new certificate.
If the payment in satisfaction of the security interest is in cash or by certified check, cashier's check, teller's check, intra-bank or inter-bank transfer of funds, or an electronic transfer of funds, the payment shall be considered cleared immediately upon receipt by a lienholder.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 25 - Disclosure of Information by Lienholder

Section 25. A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 27 - Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Title

Section 27. The registrar shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section thirty, when authorized by any other provision of law, or if he finds that the certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or that the vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed. Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title shall not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it. When the registrar suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the registrar. The registrar may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 28 - Registrar's Fees

Section 28. The registrar shall collect fees, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, for the following: (1) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, a certificate of title after a transfer, or a salvage title; (2) For each assignment of a security interest, or an addition of a lienholder; (3) For a duplicate, amended or corrected certificate of title; (4) For a certificate of search of its record for each name or identifying number searched against; and (5) For affixing a new identifying number to a vehicle. Vehicles owned by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, used solely for official business, shall be exempt from the payment of fees provided by this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 29 - Forms Prescribed and Provided by Registrar; Rules and Regulations; Assignment of Persons Subject to Civil Service to Administer This Chapter

Section 29. The registrar shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The registrar may make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter, adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and assign or affix a new identifying number to a vehicle if it has none, or its identifying number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new identifying number or make an appropriate indorsement on the original certificate.
Officers and employees engaged in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one; provided, however, that officers or employees who are subject to said chapter thirty-one may be assigned by the registrar to assist in the administration of the provisions of this chapter whenever he deems it to be necessary. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to authorize any person engaged to carry out the provisions of this chapter to be assigned to or be employed in any office or position subject to said chapter thirty-one.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 31 - Liability of Registrar or Commonwealth

Section 31. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to impose any liability whatsoever upon the registrar of motor vehicles or upon the commonwealth for any damage which may result from, or be connected with, any act or omission in the issuance of any certificate of title, or in the failure to issue any such certificate.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 32 - Punishment

Section 32. (a) Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title or salvage title; or alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or salvage title, or supporting documents, or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title or a form the registrar prescribes; or has possession of or uses a certificate of title or salvage title, knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited; or uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title or salvage title; or supporting documents, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years, or both.
(b) Whoever permits another not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title or salvage title or fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title, salvage title or application therefor to the registrar within ten days after the time required by this chapter, or whoever fails to deliver to the transferee or the registrar a certificate of title or salvage title within ten days after the time required by this chapter, or violates any other provision of the chapter, except as provided for in paragraph (a), shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months, or both.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a lienholder who is found to be in violation of section 24 in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 24A shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 for a first offense. For each successive violation, the fine shall not be less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000; but, if the lienholder has been cited and punished by the registrar for noncompliance 5 or more times in the preceding 12 month period, the penalty shall not be less than $5,000 for each subsequent offense.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 33 - Theft, Conversion or Recovery of a Vehicle, Report; Dealers' Charge for Certificates Procured

Section 33. A police officer, as defined in section one of chapter ninety C, who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle whose theft or conversion he knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the registrar, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the registrar. The registrar shall maintain a record of stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles reported to it under this section.
An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle or its conversion if a crime, to the registrar, but the registrar may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the registrar.
Dealers who procure, or assist purchasers to procure, certificates of title for vehicles sold by them, may charge the purchasers for such services not more than five dollars for each transaction.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 35 - Application of Chapter to Previously Registered Vehicle

Section 35. This chapter shall not apply to a previously registered vehicle until: (a) there is a change in the ownership thereof, after this chapter takes effect; or, (b) the registrar issues a certificate of title for the vehicle; or, (c) the owner creates a security interest in the vehicle, after this chapter takes effect; or, (d) September first, nineteen hundred and eighty-two; or (e) until owner fails to renew registration of a nontitled motor vehicle within one year after expiration.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 36 - Previously Registered Vehicle; Undisclosed Security Interest; Distinctive Certificate

Section 36. If the registrar questions the existence of undisclosed security interests, created before this chapter takes effect, in a previously registered vehicle, he may, in addition to the provisions of section ten, issue a distinctive certificate of title of the vehicle containing the legend: ''For Registration Purposes Only. This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien'' and any other information the registrar prescribes.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 37 - Perfection of Security Interest Created Prior to Effective Date of This Chapter; Law Applicable

Section 37. The perfection of a security interest, created prior to the date this chapter takes effect, shall be governed by the provisions of chapter one hundred and six, until a certificate of title is issued naming the secured party as lienholder therein.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90d - Motor Vehicle Certificates of Title › Section 38 - Validity of Certificate Issued Prior to Certain Dates

Section 38. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to impair the validity of any certificate of registration issued by the registrar prior to September first, nineteen hundred and seventy-two or within a period of two years next following said date, regardless of the validity or invalidity of any certificate of title issued in connection therewith.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90e - Bikeways › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. Wherever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or terms shall have the following meanings:—
''Bicycle'', a two-wheel nonmotor-powered vehicle.
''Bike path'', a route for the exclusive use of bicycles separated by grade or other physical barrier from motor traffic.
''Bike lane'', a lane on a street restricted to bicycles and so designated by means of painted lines, pavement coloring or other appropriate markings.
''Bike route'', a roadway shared by both bicycles and other forms of transportation designated by the means of signs or pavement markings.
''Bikeway'', bike paths, bike lanes and bike routes.
''Bicycle parking facility'', any facility for the temporary storage of bicycles which allows the frame and both wheels of the bicycle to be locked so as to minimize the risk of theft and vandalism.
''Department'', the division of highways.
''Commissioner'', the administrator for highways.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90e - Bikeways › Section 2a - Accommodation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Traffic in Construction Projects

Section 2A. The commissioner shall make all reasonable provisions for the accommodation of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the planning, design, and construction, reconstruction or maintenance of any project undertaken by the department. Such provisions that are unreasonable shall include, but not be limited to, those which the commissioner, after appropriate review by the bicycle program coordinator, determines would be contrary to acceptable standards of public safety, degrade environmental quality or conflict with existing rights of way.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90e - Bikeways › Section 3 - Funding; Expenditures; Federal Funds

Section 3. The commissioner shall expend for the purpose of assisting counties, cities and towns to construct bikeways for commuter or recreational use, and for the construction of unique regional bikeways and bicycle parking facilities, such funds as are appropriated or authorized by the general court for such purpose, and payment shall be made to the county or city or town upon application to the commissioner on the basis of criteria established by him.
Funds made available for the construction of bikeways shall be expended as follows:
(a) Seventy-five per cent of the costs for bikeways, the balance of the costs to be borne by the city or town in which said bikeways are located.
(b) Fifty per cent for the cost of constructing a bicycle parking facility at or adjacent to a mass transit facility, the balance of the costs to be borne by the city or town where said bicycle parking facility is to be constructed.
(c) One hundred per cent for the cost of unique regional bikeways and bicycle parking facilities, as determined by the commissioner.
The department is hereby authorized and directed to take all steps necessary to obtain federal funds that may be available for the construction of bikeways and said funds shall be credited to the Federal Highway Construction Program Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 2 - Single Commercial Driver License; Licensing by Other Jurisdictions

Section 2. Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle shall not have more than one license to operate a motor vehicle except during the ten day period beginning on the date the person is issued a license to so operate.
Each applicant for a commercial driver license shall certify to the registrar that he does not have a commercial driver license from more than 1 jurisdiction. Each applicant also shall indicate to the registrar the name of all states in which he has been licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle during the 10 years preceding the date of application.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 3 - Notification of Registrar; Traffic Control Convictions; Notification of Employer; License Suspensions and Previous Employment

Section 3. A. Notification of convictions. Any operator of a commercial motor vehicle holding a license to operate issued by the commonwealth, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any other state or Canadian Province other than parking violations, shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles.
Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver license issued by the commonwealth, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in this or any other state or Canadian Province, other than parking violations, shall notify his or her employer in writing of the conviction within thirty days of the date of conviction.
B. Notification of suspensions, revocations and cancellations. Each driver whose driver license is suspended, revoked, or cancelled by any state, who loses the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any state for any period, or who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for any period, shall notify his employer of that fact before the end of the business day following the day the driver received notice of that fact.
C. Notification of previous employment. Each person who applies to be a commercial motor driver must provide the following information for the ten years preceding the date of application.
A list of the names and addresses of the applicant's previous employers for which the applicant was a driver of a commercial motor vehicle; the dates between which the applicant drove for each employer; and the reason for leaving that employer. The applicant must certify that all information furnished is true and complete. An employer may require an applicant to provide additional information.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 4 - Employers; Applicant Employment History Requirements; Applicant License Requirements; Violation of Federal, State or Local Law or Regulation Regarding Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings

Section 4. A. Each employer must require the applicant to provide the information specified in paragraph (C) of section three.
B. No employer may knowingly allow, permit, or authorize any applicant to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the driver has a driver license suspended, revoked, or cancelled by any state; has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any state, or has been disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle in any state; or in which the driver has more than one license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, except during the ten day period beginning on the date the employee is issued a license to so operate.
(C) No employer shall knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the driver or the commercial motor vehicle or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order. Any employer who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty of from $2,750 to $11,000 inclusive.
(D) No employer shall knowingly allow, require, permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings. Any employer who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 5 - Operation of Commercial Vehicles; Learner's Permits; Suspended Driving Privileges; Waivers

Section 5. (A) Except when driving under a learner's permit to operate a commercial vehicle and accompanied by the holder of a license to operate a commercial motor vehicle valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds and is in immediate possession of a license to operate a commercial motor vehicle valid for the vehicle they are driving.
(B) No person may operate a commercial motor vehicle while their driving privilege is suspended, revoked, cancelled, subject to a disqualification, or in violation of an out of service order.
(C) The registrar may promulgate regulations granting waivers consistent with federal law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 7 - Commercial Driver License Applications

Section 7. The application for a license to operate a commercial vehicle or for a learner's permit to operate a commercial vehicle shall include the following:
(1) the full name and current mailing and residential addresses of the applicant;
(2) a physical description of the applicant, including sex, height, weight and eye and hair color;
(3) date of birth of the applicant;
(4) the applicant's Social Security number;
(5) the signature of the applicant;
(6) a photograph of the applicant;
(7) certifications, including those required by 49 CFR 383.71 (a);
(8) consent of the applicant to release driving record information; and
(9) any other information required by the registrar.
The application shall be accompanied by the application fee required by the provisions of section thirty-three of chapter ninety.
When a licensee changes his name, mailing address or residence, an application for a duplicate license shall be made forthwith to the registrar.
No person who has been a resident of the commonwealth for thirty days or more may operate a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a license to operate a commercial motor vehicle issued by another jurisdiction.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 10 - Alcohol in System of Commercial Driver; Refusal of Alcoholic Concentration Test; Out-of-Service

Section 10. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person may not drive, operate, or be in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having alcohol in his system.
(B) A person who drives, operates, or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having alcohol in his system or who refuses to take an alcohol concentration test to determine his blood alcohol content shall be placed out-of-service for twenty-four hours.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 11 - Consent to Alcohol and Other Drug Tests; Test Refusal; Disqualification From Driving

Section 11. (A) Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways of the commonwealth shall be deemed to have given consent, to a test or tests of that person's blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining that person's alcohol concentration, or the presence of other drugs.
(B) A test or tests may be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer, who after stopping or detaining the operator of a commercial motor vehicle, has probable cause to believe that the operator was operating a commercial motor vehicle while having alcohol in his system.
(C) A person requested to submit to a test as provided shall be advised that a refusal to submit to the test will result in that person being disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
(D) If the person refuses testing, or submits to a test which discloses an alcohol concentration of four hundredths or more, the law enforcement officer must submit a sworn report to the registrar certifying that the test was requested pursuant to paragraph (A) and that the person refused to submit to testing, or submitted to a test which disclosed an alcohol concentration of four hundredths or more.
(E) Upon receipt of the sworn report of a law enforcement officer submitted under paragraph (D), the registrar shall disqualify the driver from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year; provided, however, that upon receipt of such report with respect to any person who refuses to submit to such a test or submits to a test which discloses an alcohol level of four one-hundredths or more while transporting a hazardous material required to be placarded, the registrar shall disqualify such person from driving a commercial motor vehicle for three years. The registrar shall disqualify for life any person who refuses to submit to two or more tests, or submits to two or more tests which disclose an alcohol level of four one-hundredths or more, or any combination of the two or more thereof. Any operator who has been disqualified shall be entitled to a hearing before the registrar which shall be limited to the following issues: (1) did the law enforcement officer, who after stopping or detaining the commercial motor vehicle driver, have probable cause to believe that the driver was driving a commercial motor vehicle while having alcohol in his system and (2) did such person refuse to submit to such test.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 12 - Traffic Control Convictions of Nonresident Commercial Drivers; Notification of Licensing Authority

Section 12. Whenever a person holding a commercial driver license issued by another state is convicted of a violation of any law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, in either a motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle, the registrar shall notify the licensing entity in the state in which the person is licensed of the conviction within 10 days of the date of the conviction.
Whenever a person who does not hold a commercial driver license, but who is licensed to drive by another state, is convicted of a violation in a commercial motor vehicle of any law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, the registrar shall notify the licensing entity in the state where the driver is licensed of this conviction within 10 days of the date of the conviction.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 13 - Driving Record Information From Registrar; Recording of Convictions

Section 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the registrar shall furnish full information regarding the driving record of any person to the driver license administrator of any other state, or Province or Territory of Canada, requesting that information; to any employer or prospective employer upon request and payment of a fee as provided in section thirty-three of chapter ninety; and to insurers upon request.
The registrar shall not mask or defer the recording of convictions on the driving record of the holder of a commercial driver license, in accordance with 49 CFR 384.226 or regulations promulgated by the registrar to reflect the applicable federal requirements. Upon request, the registrar shall furnish, within 30 days of receipt of the request, to any other state, or province or territory of Canada, complete driving records for at least the 10 years preceding the date of the request.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90f - Uniform Operation of Commercial Motor Vehicles Act › Section 16 - Commercial Driver Licenses Issued in Canada or Mexico

Section 16. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person may operate a commercial motor vehicle if the person has a license to operate a commercial motor vehicle issued by any state or Province or Territory of Canada, in accordance with the minimum Federal standards for the issuance of commercial motor vehicle driver licenses, or a valid Licensia Federal de Conductor issued by Mexico that has been recognized by the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as the equivalent of a commercial driver license, if the person is not suspended, revoked, or cancelled; and if the person is not disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90h - Gateway Roads Program › Section 2 - Gateway Roads Program; Purpose

Section 2. There is hereby established in the department of highways a program to be known as the Gateway Roads Program for the purpose of undertaking improvements of the gateway roads defined in section one, which are deemed to be essential routes for the convenience of tourists entering the commonwealth and for the movement of commerce within the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90h - Gateway Roads Program › Section 3 - Consultations; Annual Report

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 3. The secretary and the commissioner shall consult on a regular basis with the director of economic development, the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs, the commissioner of the department of environmental management and the director of the office of travel and tourism in order to determine the extent and nature of improvements the department may undertake to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner shall file a report with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before the first day of December of each year detailing the improvements undertaken on the gateway roads during the prior year and outlining the projects to be undertaken on said roads during the subsequent year.
Chapter 90H: Section 3. Consultations; annual report
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 239, effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 3. The secretary and the commissioner shall consult on a regular basis with the secretary of economic development, the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs, the commissioner of the department of environmental management and the director of the office of travel and tourism in order to determine the extent and nature of improvements the department may undertake to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner shall file a report with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before the first day of December of each year detailing the improvements undertaken on the gateway roads during the prior year and outlining the projects to be undertaken on said roads during the subsequent year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90i - Complete Streets Program › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
''Complete streets'', streets that provide safe and accessible options for multiple travel modes for people of all ages and abilities including, but not limited to, walking, cycling, public transportation, automobiles and freight.
''Department'', the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
''Program'', the complete streets program established in this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90i - Complete Streets Program › Section 3 - Eligibility of Municipality for Funding

Section 3. To be eligible for funding under the program, a municipality shall: (i) apply to the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department; (ii) adopt a complete streets by-law, ordinance or administrative policy which shall be approved by the department and which shall include at least 1 public meeting; provided, however, that the by-law, ordinance or administrative policy shall identify the body, individual or entity responsible for implementing the complete streets program; (iii) ensure that the municipal employees responsible for the program participate in a training administered by the department; (iv) develop a complete streets prioritization plan; and (v) comply with other requirements of the department relative to the program.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XIV - Public Ways and Works › Chapter 90i - Complete Streets Program › Section 4 - Rules and Regulations; Consultation

Section 4. The department may adopt rules, regulations and guidelines for the administration of this chapter including, but not limited to, criteria for awarding grants under the program, application procedures and other requirements. The department shall consult with the bicycle and pedestrian advisory board established in section 11A of chapter 21A and the healthy transportation compact established in section 33 of chapter 6C on the development and management of the program.