HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2489        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2146

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Peter V. Kocot

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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 relative to improving elevator inspection procedures.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/15/2015

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/3/2015

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/3/2015

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

1/28/2015

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

1/29/2015


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2489        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2146

By Mr. Kocot of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2146) of Peter V. Kocot and others for legislation to establish a reporting protocol for the Executive Office of Public Safety to monitor and report the backlogs in elevator inspections across the Commonwealth.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to improving elevator inspection procedures.

 

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 64 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

"The secretary of the executive office of public safety shall provide a list of all elevators inspected in the past twelve months, the location of said inspections, the location of all pending inspections, the amount of time each pending inspection has been on a waiting list, the number of state certified elevator inspectors and their geographic distribution, the inspection backlog for each inspector, the number of elevators out of service due to inspection violations, non-inspection or disrepair and the agency's action plan and cost estimate for reducing said inspection backlogs to three days or less, on a bi-annual basis to the House and Senate committees on ways and means and the House and Senate committees on post audit and oversight".