HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 484        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3194

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Frank A. Moran 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:

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/13/2023

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/13/2023

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/26/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

1/26/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

1/26/2023

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/27/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/30/2023

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/30/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

1/30/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/31/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/2/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/2/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/6/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

2/7/2023

Estela A. Reyes

4th Essex

2/8/2023

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/9/2023

Michael P. Kushmerek

3rd Worcester

3/6/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/6/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/6/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

3/15/2023

Dawne Shand

1st Essex

3/31/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

3/31/2023

Aaron L. Saunders

7th Hampden

6/5/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 484        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3194

By Representatives Moran of Lawrence and Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3194) of Frank A. Moran, 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-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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 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 within one year 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.