HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3295        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3682

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to elderly housing..

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

Chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 40 the following section:–

     Section 40A.  Structures constructed expressly for use as housing for persons 55 years of age or over or 62 years of age or older shall have stairways at least 48 inches in width.