School Bus Camera Enforcement

The School Bus Camera Enforcement Program allows Service Providers to report camera violations to the RMV on behalf of municipalities. These violations, cited under MGL Chapter 90, Section 14C, are then added to the violator’s driving record.

To participate in the School Bus Camera Enforcement Program, the RMV requires that all RMV Business Partners sign an Agreement for Access to Records and Data Maintained by the Registry of Motor Vehicles (“Access Agreement”) along with submitting required documentation for this program.  While the RMV does not share driver records as part of this program, the Access Agreement must be submitted to transmit violations to the RMV.  

Who can participate in the School Bus Camera Enforcement program?

Service Providers with contracted municipalities. 

Is there a fee to participate in the School Bus Camera Program?

There is no fee to participate in the program. However, the Service Provider may charge a fee to the municipality. 

How do I access this Program?

Web Services facilitates RMV receiving real-time data from the service provider. This allows businesses to integrate the sending and receiving of RMV data into their system and business processes. Accounts are established using IP addresses and certificates provided by the carrier. 

Web Services are secured by both IP whitelisting and certificate authentication. You will need to provide: 

• All IPs from which ATLAS web service calls could originate. These IPs will be included in the RMVs whitelist form. IPs that attempt to access the ATLAS endpoint that are not listed will be blocked. 
• A Client Certificate – A 2-year client certificate public key signed by a Certification Authority. 

More information can be found in the Hosted Web Service Security document that includes an Overview, X.509 Client Certificates, and Client IP Whitelisting requirements. You will be provided the Hosted Web Service Security document upon approval for the program. 

The Web Service Design Specifications, Data Dictionary and other technical documents will be provided to you upon approval for the program. 

Next Steps to participate in the School Bus Camera Enforcement Program

New Service Providers: Must be contracted with a municipality to work on their behalf.  

Follow steps below to sign up to participate in the School Bus Camera Enforcement Program: 

Step 1: Pre-Approval Documents 

1. A Request for Access letter  (The Request for Access letter should be as detailed as possible. The letter must be dated and signed and on business letterhead.) 
2. Obtain a signed and dated authorization letter on the municipality’s letterhead stating:  
   • That you are authorized to process school bus camera violations on their behalf, and rescinding authorization for any previous service provider (if applicable) 

• The letter must include the service provider’s information, including company name, address, telephone number, contact person’s name & email address. 
• The letter must also include contact information for the municipality, including address, phone number and email address.   
• The letter must be signed and uploaded as a .pdf  

3. Proof of Federal Employer ID Number (FEIN)  

The following documents as proof of Federal Employer ID Number (FEIN) are acceptable. 

• IRS Form 147C, Form 5372 - Notice of New Employer Identification Number Assigned,  
• IRS CP575 notice, or   
• Certificate of Exemption Form ST-2 (issued by the Department of Revenue).    

The document submitted should be no more than 2 years old.  

Step 2: Register for access to the RMV's Community Portal as a New Business Partner. You will be required to upload your request for access letter, authorization(s) letter(s) and proof of Federal Employer ID Number (FEIN) when registering.   

Only one person can register per business. (After the RMV approves access, more contacts may be added.)  

If you are an existing business partner and do not have Community Portal credentials, contact [e-mail]  and request a Community Portal logon. Skip to step 4.    

Step 3: Once your request is approved, you will receive an email with your Community Portal login credentials. This may take up to 5-7 business days.  

Step 4: Log into the RMV's Community Portal to complete the process of becoming an RMV Business Partner for the program(s) you have selected.  

The person submitting the request will receive notification when the documents are approved or rejected.   

• You will receive email notification from the RMV once your IPs have been whitelisted. 
• The RMV Production Support Team will contact you to establish web service connectivity. 

Service Providers adding additional municipalities

If a service provider adds a new municipality, they must go to the RMV's Community Portal to complete a revised Access Agreement as well as uploading a new signed and dated authorization letter on the municipality’s letterhead.  Letter details can be found under the Pre-Approval Documents section.  

Service Providers removing a municipality

If a service provider is no longer reporting for a municipality, they must go to the RMV's Community Portal and upload a letter stating they no longer report for the municipality.  

Documents

The following documents are required to be completed in the RMV's Community Portal.   

• Access Agreement – depending on your business type the access agreement will be the standard or government version of the Agreement for Access to Records Maintained by Registry of Motor Vehicles. 
  • Visit the RMV's Community Portal, click on: My Business & Programs, click on open details. In the Business Checklists you will find the Access Agreement, click on Complete Online 
  • One agreement must be completed and signed by the signatory authority for your business. 
  • Visit the RMV's Community Portal, click on the home page, under Download Forms, click on the applicable form, complete the form and upload completed form on the community portal. 
• Service Provider/Self Service Form) 
  • This form is used to collect connectivity and access information. One form is needed for business that will be directly applying for all connectivity, except for the Business Portal.  

If you would like to review samples of the documents, please use the links below.     

Sample: Agreement for Access to Records and Data Maintained by Registry of Motor Vehicles - Standard Business Partners   

Sample: Service Provider/Self Service Form 

Testing Web Services Options

This section provides testing information for Web Service as well as instructions on how to establish connectivity to the ATLAS Staging QA Environment. 

The Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) requires that all web services participants test in our ATLAS Staging QA environment. Until you have demonstrated the ability to submit satisfactorily in the RMV test environment you will not be granted permission to access the ATLAS production environment. 

To begin the testing process, you must notify the RMV at [e-mail] that you are ready to start testing. An RMV associate will contact you via email when you should submit web service call. 

• Web Service users must have already provided the RMV with their IP Address and certificate of authentication prior to notifying the RMV that you are ready to begin testing. 

Once you are satisfied with the test results the RMV requires that you complete an Attestation form. The Attestation form is your confirmation that you have successfully completed testing with the RMV and you are ready to be moved into the ATLAS production environment to submit school bus camera violation batch files. and/or Web Service calls. 

The Web Service Endpoint ATLAS Staging QA URL is responsive 24x7, except for weekend conversion and unexpected issues.  You will be provided with the Web Service ATLAS QA Staging End Point URL upon approval for the program. 

You will be provided with a .pdf of instructions on how to generate a web service sample request that can be used for testing. 

Resources

Community Portal - New Registration    

RMV's Community Portal Login 

Contact US

Questions on the School Bus Camera Enforcement Program 

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Web Service Technical Issues 
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Questions on the RMV's Community Portal  
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