HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 968        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2847

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Lori A. Ehrlich and Marjorie C. Decker

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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 to ensure safety and transparency in pipeline repair.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

1/15/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

3/7/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/16/2019

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

2/1/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/25/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/25/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

1/31/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

2/1/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/1/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/23/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/31/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/1/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/24/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/1/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/1/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

1/30/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/22/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/28/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 968        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2847

By Representatives Ehrlich of Marblehead and Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2847) of Lori A. Ehrlich, Marjorie C. Decker and others relative to the use of contractors for repairing or performing work on public utility infrastructure.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

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 to ensure safety and transparency in pipeline repair.

 

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 2 of chapter 164, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraphs:-

All construction, reconstruction, installation, alteration, or repair not performed by gas or electric public utility employees on public infrastructure shall be performed and procured under sections 26 through 27F of chapter 149 inclusive and section 39M of chapter 30. The gas and electric utilities shall request from the department of labor standards prevailing wage rate sheets for each municipality they are working in once every six months.

The department, under chapter 30A and in consultation with all gas and electric utilities, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the training and implementation of a certification program for contractors and their employees repairing or performing work on public infrastructure in the commonwealth.