SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1488        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1850

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Cindy F. Friedman

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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 state contracting.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

 

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

1/30/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/4/2019

Nick Collins

First Suffolk

2/4/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/7/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/8/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

2/21/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1488        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1850

By Ms. Friedman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1850) of Cindy F. Friedman, Joseph A. Boncore, Patrick M. O'Connor, Marcos A. Devers and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to state contracting.  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 state contracting.

 

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. The first paragraph of section 27H of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- No agreement or contract providing for the cleaning and maintenance of public buildings or space rented by any state executive, legislative or judicial department, office, commission, board, bureau, institution, regional or independent authority or any instrumentality thereof shall be entered into or given unless the contract or agreement contains a stipulation requiring prescribed rates of wages, as determined by the commissioners, to be paid to the employees of the maintenance or cleaning contractor.

SECTION 2. Said section 27H of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Any solicitation by a state department, office, commission, institution or regional authority contracting for cleaning and maintenance for any building shall include: (i) a statement of required hours; (ii) a worksheet requiring a breakdown of the cost components of the hourly proposed rate, as developed by the executive office for administration and finance or its designee; and (iii) a provision for annual adjustments to the contract price to reflect increases to wage and benefits requirements as determined by the director of the department of labor standards.