HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1824        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3037

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Denise C. Garlick

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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 technical changes in chapter 30B.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1824        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3037

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to technical changes in chapter 30B.

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 1 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 10 and 11, and in lines 134 and 135, the words “thirty-eight A1/2 to thirty-eight O, inclusive, of chapter seven” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- 44 to 57, inclusive, of chapter 7C.

SECTION 2. Subsection (b) of said section 1 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (5), as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

(5) a contract for the purchase of materials under specifications of the division of highways in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and at prices established by the division, pursuant to advertising and bidding for such purpose, in connection with work to be performed under chapter 81 or chapter 90;

SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 109, as so appearing, the words “subclause (r)” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- subclause (s).

SECTION 4. Section 5 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 64 to 66, inclusive, as so appearing, the words “the provisions of section eleven A 1/2 of chapter thirty A, section nine G of chapter thirty-four or section twenty-three B of chapter thirty-nine” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- sections 18 to 25, inclusive, of chapter 30A.

SECTION 5. Section 16 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 46, the words “forty J of chapter seven” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 38 of chapter 7C.

SECTION 6. Section 18 of said chapter 30B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Disadvantaged vendor” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

“Disadvantaged vendor”, a business beneficially owned by at least 1 minority person as provided in the definition of “Minority-owned business” in subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 7C and any business beneficially owned by at least 1 woman as provided in the definition of “Women-owned business” in said subsection (b) of said section 6 of said chapter 7C. 

SECTION 7. Section 23 of said chapter 30B is hereby repealed.