HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3302 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2123 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Michael D. Brady _______________ 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: An Act to prevent deaths by fire. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Michael D. Brady | 9th Plymouth |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3302 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2123 By Mr. Brady of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2123) of Michael D. Brady that newly constructed one and two family residential dwellings include automatic standalone fire sprinkler systems. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act to prevent deaths by fire.
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. Chapter 146 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end of thereof the following section:-
“Section XX. Effective January 1, 2015, all newly constructed one and two family residential dwellings shall include an automatic standalone fire sprinkler system installed in accordance with NFPA-13D and MGL 146, Section 81.
SECTION 2. For the purposes of this Act, an “automatic standalone fire sprinkler system”, is a system where the above ground piping only serves fire sprinklers.
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