SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, after section 27H, the following section:
“Section 27I. The ten preceding sections shall apply to the construction of public works by a city, town, or district only after a binding vote by the legislative body. For the purposes of this section, legislative body shall mean the town meeting in a town, the town council in a town without a town meeting, the city council in a city with the approval of the mayor or the city council in a Plan D or Plan E city with the approval of the manager, or as otherwise authorized in accordance with a duly adopted charter.”.
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