FILED ON: 9/30/2024

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5063

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 designation of the state public health laboratory campus in honor of Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to designate the campus of the State Laboratory Institute, also known as the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory Campus, as the Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr. Campus in honor of Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr., therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

The campus of the State Laboratory Institute, also known as the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory Campus, located in the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston, shall be designated and known as the Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr. Campus, in recognition of Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr., a pioneer in epidemiology and former state epidemiologist, chief infectious disease medical officer and assistant commissioner of the department of public health. A suitable marker bearing that designation shall be attached to the campus and maintained by the department of public health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify the designation of the tower building on said campus as the Dr. William A. Hinton Laboratory pursuant to chapter 124 of the acts of 2009.