Bill Text: MA S1834 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increase penalties for driving without a license or registration

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1834 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1834-Introduced.html

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Richard R. Tisei

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act increasing penalties for driving without a license or registration.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:	District/Address:
Richard R. Tisei	Middlesex and Essex
Bruce E. Tarr	First Essex and Middlesex
Michael R. Knapik	Second Hampden and Hampshire
Robert L. Hedlund	Plymouth and Norfolk
Scott P. Brown	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S02108 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act increasing penalties for driving without a license or registration.

                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 20 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 official edition, is hereby amended in line 10 by striking the words “of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars” and further amended by inserting in place thereof the following:-

of five hundred dollars for a first offense, by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both, for a second offense, by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, for any subsequent offense.