HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3236        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2283

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act further regulating exits in sports complexes..

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.  Section 97 A of chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following paragraph:-

The board of building regulations and standards shall require the owner of any building or structure or portion thereof, that includes a place of business designed or used for occupancy as a nightclub, sports complex, dance hall, discotheque, bar, or for similar entrainment purposes, to install a luminescence egress route to all emergency exits and be placed at floor level.  Said egress routes shall be powered by electricity and have a back up battery in case of a power failure.  Said egress route systems shall  meet state building code and fire code standards for heat resistance to be a viable safety path in extreme fire and smoke events.