HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1667 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 522
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul W. Mark and Joseph D. McKenna
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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 requiring carbon monoxide alarms in schools.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire | 1/16/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 1/31/2019 |
Linda Dean Campbell | 15th Essex | 1/31/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/23/2019 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Michael J. Soter | 8th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
José F. Tosado | 9th Hampden | 1/25/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1667 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 522
By Messrs. Mark of Peru and McKenna of Webster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 522) of Paul W. Mark and others relative to requiring carbon monoxide alarms in schools. Education. |
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 requiring carbon monoxide alarms in schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 26F½ of Chapter 148 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following:
(g) Every building or structure, including those owned by the Commonwealth, occupied in whole or in part as a school subject to the authority of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, that: (1) contains fossil-fuel burning equipment including, but not limited to, a furnace, boiler, water heater, fireplace or any other apparatus, appliance or device that burns fossil fuel; or (2) incorporates enclosed parking within its structure shall be equipped by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education with working, approved carbon monoxide alarms in conformance with the requirements of the board of fire prevention regulations.