HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 694        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2297

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to safety in mercantile establishments..

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

Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 12 of the following section:-

Section 127 A.  Any metal display hooks in retail mercantile establishments placed lower than 4 feet from the floor must have an item pricing scan fixture attached to the end of each hook.  A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.