Massachusetts HD 3747: An Act requiring backup cameras on certain vehicles

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3747 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3592

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marjorie C. Decker
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act requiring backup cameras on certain vehicles.
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PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED:
Marjorie C. Decker 25th Middlesex 1/18/2019
Patrick Joseph Kearney 4th Plymouth 1/31/2019
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf 17th Worcester 1/31/2019
José F. Tosado 9th Hampden 1/25/2019

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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3747 FILED ON: 1/18/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3592
By Ms. Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3592) of Marjorie C.
Decker and others relative to requiring backup cameras on class 3 or above motor vehicles,
trailers, semi-trailers or semi-trailer units. Transportation.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act requiring backup cameras on certain vehicles.

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

1 Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 7CC the
2 following section:-
3 Section 7DD. A class 3 or above motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or semi-trailer unit, as
4 classified by the Federal Highway Administration, with a gross vehicle weight rating of more
5 than 10,000 pounds that is owned or leased by the commonwealth or a city or town of the
6 commonwealth, shall be equipped with a backup camera. The registrar shall issue rules or
7 regulations relative to the requirements of this section.