2006 Massachusetts Code - Chapter 16 — Section 9. Registrar; appointment and term; compensation; powers and duties; rules and regulations.

Section 9. There shall be a division of motor vehicles, to be known as the registry of motor vehicles. The governor shall appoint an officer, to be known as the registrar of motor vehicles, who shall be the executive and administrative head of the division. He shall serve for a term coterminous with that of the governor and the position known as registrar of motor vehicles shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty. In addition to the deputy registrar, assistant to the registrar, hearings officers, and supervising inspectors he may appoint such other officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the work of the division. In the event of a vacancy in the office of registrar, his powers and duties shall be exercised and performed by the deputy registrar until a registrar is duly qualified. The registrar shall, in addition to the authority conferred upon him by any other provision of law, have the power to make rules and regulations for the division of motor vehicles.