HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 315        FILED ON: 1/9/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2777

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Ruth B. Balser

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act providing for an exemption to the Uniform Procurement Act.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

 

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

1/29/2013

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/29/2013

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/31/2013

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/31/2013

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/31/2013

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

 

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

 

Matthew A. Beaton

11th Worcester

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

 

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

 

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 315        FILED ON: 1/9/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2777

By Ms. Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2777) of Ruth B. Balser and others for legislation to exempt public, educational and governmental community television contracts from the Uniform Procurement Act.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act providing for an exemption to the Uniform Procurement Act.

 

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

Subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (34) the following clause:

(35) municipalities operating or directly managing the public, educational, and/or governmental community television services for their community, as well as any contract, agreement, lease or purchase by a non profit corporation which has agreed with a municipality as an issuing authority, as defined in section 1 of chapter 166A, to provide services associated with public, educational, or governmental community television, provided, however, that a municipality may opt to seek or continue to seek public bids at its discretion.