Bill > H2967

This bill aims to ensure that individuals resolve all outstanding parking violations before they can obtain or renew their driver's licenses or vehicle registrations in the Commonwealth. Specifically, it mandates that the registrar of motor vehicles (the state agency responsible for driver's licenses and vehicle registrations) will not issue or renew a license or registration if a person has unresolved parking tickets. The bill also introduces a $20 fee, payable to the city or town where the violation occurred, for each parking violation. Furthermore, if a person accumulates five or more unpaid parking violations, their driver's license and vehicle registration will be suspended without a hearing until all violations are settled. For out-of-state drivers or vehicles with multiple violations, the parking clerk can notify local law enforcement to immobilize or tow the vehicle at the owner's expense. The bill also makes minor adjustments to existing laws regarding parking violations, such as changing the number of violations that trigger certain actions from "two" to "one" in specific contexts and allowing for the issuance of new vehicle registrations to be withheld.