HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 330        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2710

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patricia A. Haddad

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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 the inclusion of certified interior designers on the designer selection board.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

1/10/2019

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/10/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/31/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/1/2019

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/24/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

1/28/2019

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/31/2019

David K. Muradian, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 330        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2710

By Mrs. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2710) of Patricia A. Haddad and others relative to the inclusion of certified interior designers on the designer selection board.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the inclusion of certified interior designers on the designer selection board.

 

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

SECTION XX:  Section 45 of chapter 7C of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following:

Section 45. (a) There shall be located within the executive office for administration and finance a designer selection board consisting of 13 members. 10 members shall be appointed by the governor; 3 of whom shall be registered architects, or currently unregistered but with at least 10 years' experience as an architect registered by a national council of architectural registration boards member board or who may be architects emeritus; 3 of whom shall be certified interior designers with not less than 10 years of experience as a National Council for Interior Design Qualifications certified Massachusetts interior designer; 2 of whom shall be registered engineers or currently unregistered but with at least 10 years' experience as a registered engineer and none of whom shall have a record of disciplinary action; and 2 of whom shall be representatives of the public who are not architects, engineers or construction contractors. 1 member shall be appointed by the Massachusetts State Association of Architects who shall be a registered architect. 1 member shall be appointed by the government affairs council of design professionals who shall be a registered engineer. 1 member shall be appointed by Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts who shall be general contractor. No member shall have a record of disciplinary action. Members shall be appointed for terms of 2 years and may be reappointed for no more than 1 successive 2 year term. The director shall designate a representative, who shall be the project manager in the case of a project under the jurisdiction of the office of project management, to act as a nonvoting member of the board for each project under his jurisdiction under consideration by the board.  No provision of this section shall operate to reduce the tenure of members of the board serving at the time of the effective date of this section.