HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3470        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2999

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act recognizing the profession of interior designers to bid on state contracts..

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 38A1/2 of chapter 7 of the general laws is hereby amended in line 32 by adding the following new paragraph: “or an individual, corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship engaged in the practice of interior design.”

SECTION 2.  Section 38D of chapter 7 of the general laws is hereby amended in line 21 by adding the following: “, including whether interior designers are eligible to apply, as determined by section 38E.”

SECTION 3.  Section 38E of chapter 7 of the general laws is hereby amended by adding the following: “(h) interior designers may file an application only for those projects which the board determines include only interior elements and only those elements not required pursuant to sections 60A through 60O or sections 81D through 81T of chapter 112 to be performed by a person holding a valid certificate of registration pursuant thereto.”